Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यथा निर्गच्छते जीवस्त्यक्त्वा देहं न पश्यति । तथा गच्छन्पुनर्देहं पञ्चभूतसमन्वितः

Transliteration

yathā nirgacchate jīvastyaktvā dehaṃ na paśyati | tathā gacchanpunardehaṃ pañcabhūtasamanvitaḥ

Translation

ちょうどジーヴァが身を捨てて去り、その身をもはや見ないように、同じくそれは進みゆき、五大を具えて再び別の身体へと赴く。

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/just as)

• निर्गच्छते: goes out/departs
• निर्गच्छते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• जीवः: the living being/soul
• जीवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृपद

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having abandoned)

• देहम्: the body
• देहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; त्यक्त्वा इत्यस्य कर्म

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तथा: so/in the same way
• तथा: Sambandha (तुलना)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/तुल्यवाचक (so/in the same way)

• गच्छन्: going
• गच्छन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; जीवः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)

• देहम्: a body
• देहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गच्छन् इत्यस्य कर्म (towards/into a body)

• पञ्चभूतसमन्वितः: endowed with the five elements
• पञ्चभूतसमन्वितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + भूत + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; जीवः/गच्छन् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; ‘पञ्चभूतैः समन्वितः’ (endowed with five elements)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual response begins in the surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic sequence: a faint luminous jīva leaving a fallen body, moving toward a new form assembling from earth-water-fire-air-ether motifs; the scene is contemplative, not gruesome.

Characters & Entities

• Jīva
• Pañca-bhūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It emphasizes the continuity of the jīva through death and rebirth, while bodies are temporary elemental formations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse provides metaphysical grounding within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.