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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

गंगायां स्नाति यो मर्त्यो यावज्जीवं दिनेदिने । जीवन्मुक्तः स विज्ञेयो देहांते मुक्त एव सः

Transliteration

gaṃgāyāṃ snāti yo martyo yāvajjīvaṃ dinedine | jīvanmuktaḥ sa vijñeyo dehāṃte mukta eva saḥ

Translation

命あるかぎり日々ガンガーに沐浴する人は、生きながらに解脱した者と知るべきである。身の終わりにおいても、まことに解脱する。

Word by Word
गङ्गायाम्in the Ganga
गङ्गायाम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)
स्नातिbathes
स्नाति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present Indicative, 3rd person, Singular)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
मर्त्यःmortal man
मर्त्यः:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
यावत्-जीवम्as long as (he) lives
यावत्-जीवम्:
Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय) + जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; ‘यावत्’ (परिमाण/अवधि-अव्यय) + ‘जीवम्’ (द्वितीया एकवचन) → अव्ययार्थे ‘as long as one lives’
दिनेin a day
दिने:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
दिनेday by day
दिने:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त्या ‘day by day’ (Neuter, Locative, Singular; reduplicated)
जीवन्-मुक्तःliberated while living
जीवन्-मुक्तः:
Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootजीवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘जीवन् एव मुक्तः’ (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
विज्ञेयःis to be known (as)
विज्ञेयः:
Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-√ज्ञा (धातु) (कृदन्त)
Formतव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/passive potential participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
देह-अन्तेat the end of the body (at death)
देह-अन्ते:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेह (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘देहस्य अन्ते’ (Locative Singular)
मुक्तःliberated
मुक्तः:
Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुच् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Past passive participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An aged devotee continues daily bathing through all seasons; the body is ordinary but surrounded by a subtle aura of freedom; at the end, the soul merges into a luminous liberation motif, suggesting mokṣa beyond form.

Characters & Entities
G
Gaṅgā
J
jīvanmukti

FAQs

Consistent devotion to the Gaṅgā is portrayed as transformative enough to confer jīvanmukti (inner freedom) and final mokṣa.

The Gaṅgā tīrtha, central to Kāśī’s salvific sacred topography in the Skanda Purāṇa.

Bathing in the Gaṅgā every day throughout one’s lifetime (yāvajjīvaṃ dinedine).

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