Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ततो विज्ञाय विज्ञाय परं ब्रह्म स्वरूपतः । मधुकन्दर्पयोषित्सु विकारो नाभवत्तयोः

Transliteration

tato vijñāya vijñāya paraṃ brahma svarūpataḥ | madhukandarpayoṣitsu vikāro nābhavattayoḥ

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് പരബ്രഹ്മത്തെ സ്വരൂപതഃ സമ്യകായി അറിഞ്ഞതിനാൽ, മധു, കന്ദർപ്പൻ, മോഹിനികളായ സ്ത്രീകൾ സമീപത്തുണ്ടായിരുന്നിട്ടും അവരിൽ യാതൊരു വികാരവും ഉണ്ടായില്ല।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तदनन्तर/तस्मात्-अर्थे (then/thereupon)

• विज्ञाय: having known
• विज्ञाय: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• विज्ञाय: having fully known
• विज्ञाय: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (ब्रह्म इति विशेषण)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वरूपतः: as to its true nature
• स्वरूपतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वरूपतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘in respect of/according to true nature’

• मधुकन्दर्पयोषित्सु: among the women of Madhu and Kandarpa
• मधुकन्दर्पयोषित्सु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु + कन्दर्प + योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मधु-कन्दर्पयोः योषितः = women of Madhu and Kandarpa); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन

• विकारः: change/perturbation
• विकारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• अभवत्: arose/occurred
• अभवत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तयोः: of the two (of them)
• तयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

Speaker

Narrator (not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Temptations assemble—Kāma, Madhu, and alluring women—yet the two ascetics remain unmoved, seated like statues; a subtle aura indicates Brahman-knowledge shielding them.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman
• Kandarpa (Kāma)
• Madhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True knowledge of Brahman stabilizes the mind; temptations lose their power when the Self is realized.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is specified in this verse; it supports the wider Revā Khaṇḍa’s dharma-teaching framework associated with Narmadā-region sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it emphasizes jñāna (realization) and inner steadiness rather than an external rite.