Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

संख्ये शस्त्रहता ये च निर्विकल्पेन चेतसा । युध्यमाना न ते मर्त्ये जायते मनुजाः पुनः

Transliteration

saṃkhye śastrahatā ye ca nirvikalpena cetasā | yudhyamānā na te martye jāyate manujāḥ punaḥ

Translation

Mereka yang dalam pertempuran gugur oleh senjata sambil bertempur dengan batin yang teguh tanpa bimbang—mereka tidak lahir kembali di dunia fana ini.

Word by Word

• संख्ये: in battle
• संख्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular (in battle)

• शस्त्रहता: slain by weapons
• शस्त्रहता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त्रहता (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; शस्त्र + हत (√हन् + क्त))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; past participle used adjectivally (slain by weapons)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; relative pronoun (who)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय; and

• निर्विकल्पेन: with unwavering
• निर्विकल्पेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्विकल्प (प्रातिपदिक; निर् + विकल्प)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental singular qualifying चेतसा (with unwavering/undistracted)

• चेतसा: with mind
• चेतसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; instrumental singular (with mind)

• युध्यमानाः: fighting
• युध्यमानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युध्यमान (कृदन्त; √युध् (धातु) + शानच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; present participle (fighting)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय; negation (not)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun (they)

• मर्त्ये: in the mortal world
• मर्त्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular (in the mortal world/among mortals)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (middle): is born/arises

• मनुजाः: humans
• मनुजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; nominative plural (men/humans)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-अव्यय; adverb (again)

Speaker

Narrator/Teacher (contextual; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield moment: a warrior falls while maintaining unwavering composure; subtle aura suggesting elevated gati beyond mortal rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Battle (saṃkhya/saṃgrāma)
• Weapon-slain (śastrahata)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner steadiness at the moment of death is portrayed as spiritually decisive, shaping the soul’s post-mortem trajectory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it states a doctrinal result about the fate of certain battle-slain persons.