Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

मांसस्याग्नौ जुहावैव ततो निर्मांसतां गतः । ततो निर्मांसदेहः स तपोराशिरजायत

Transliteration

māṃsasyāgnau juhāvaiva tato nirmāṃsatāṃ gataḥ | tato nirmāṃsadehaḥ sa taporāśirajāyata

Translation

គាត់បានបូជាសាច់របស់គាត់ទៅក្នុងភ្លើង ហើយក្លាយជាគ្មានសាច់។ បន្ទាប់មក ដោយរាងកាយដែលគ្មានសាច់ គាត់បានក្លាយជាតំណាងនៃតបៈដ៏អស្ចារ្យ។

Word by Word

• मांसस्य: of flesh
• मांसस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter genitive singular)

• अग्नौ: in the fire
• अग्नौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine locative singular)

• जुहाव: offered (as oblation)
• जुहाव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हु (धातु), लिट् (परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person singular, active)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle: indeed/only)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• निर्मांसताम्: the state of being fleshless
• निर्मांसताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + मांस (प्रातिपदिक) + ता (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक (feminine accusative singular; state/condition)

• गतः: having attained
• गतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘gone/attained’ (past participle, masc nom sg)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• निर्मांसदेहः: having a fleshless body
• निर्मांसदेहः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + मांस (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (masc nom sg; fleshless-bodied)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (masc nom sg)

• तपोराशिः: a heap/mass of austerity
• तपोराशिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc nom sg)

• अजायत: was born, arose
• अजायत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु), लङ् (आत्मनेपद)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/इम्परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Imperfect, 3rd person singular, middle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark scene: the ascetic-daitya, skeletal and fleshless, feeds strips of his own flesh into a blazing fire; the flames rise unnaturally, and his body appears as a rigid pillar of tapas, eyes fixed, unmoved by pain.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (sacrificial fire, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity is portrayed as transformative and fearsome in power; the narrative prepares for divine intervention to restore order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ascetic cave-region on Mount Pāriyātra remains the implied sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An offering into fire is described in narrative form; it is not framed as a normative dharma rule for general practice.