Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

संन्यासं कुरुते यस्तु भृगुतीर्थे विधानतः । स मृतः परमं स्थानं गच्छेद्वै यच्च दुर्लभम्

Transliteration

saṃnyāsaṃ kurute yastu bhṛgutīrthe vidhānataḥ | sa mṛtaḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ gacchedvai yacca durlabham

Translation

വിധിപ്രകാരം ഭൃഗുതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സന്ന്യാസം സ്വീകരിക്കുന്നവൻ, മരണാനന്തരം ദുർലഭമായ പരമപദം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• संन्यासम्: renunciation (saṃnyāsa)
• संन्यासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संन्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• कुरुते: does, undertakes
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• भृगुतीर्थे: at Bhṛgu-tīrtha
• भृगुतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; भृगु + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• विधानतः: according to rule, duly
• विधानतः: Manner/Instrumental sense (रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

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

• मृतः: having died, dead
• मृतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त; √मृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक विशेषण

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma qualifier (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (स्थानम् इति)

• स्थानम्: abode, place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• गच्छेत्: would go, attains
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (स्थानम् इति)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• दुर्लभम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभम्: Karma qualifier (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (यत्/स्थानम् इति)

Speaker

Rudra/Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgutīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Janamejaya (addressed as Pāṇḍava/mahārāja in the surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the quiet bank of Revā at Bhṛgutīrtha, an ascetic candidate receives saṃnyāsa—shaven head, ochre cloth, staff and waterpot—before a small shrine and sacred river; the atmosphere is austere and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgutīrtha
• saṃnyāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed renunciation at a sanctified tīrtha becomes a direct means toward the highest, rare spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛgutīrtha (within the Bhṛgukaccha māhātmya of Revā Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Taking saṃnyāsa at Bhṛgutīrtha in accordance with vidhāna (proper procedural rule).