Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

संन्यस्तसर्वसंकल्पो यस्तु प्राणान्परित्यजेत् । अमरेश्वरमासाद्य स स्वर्गे नियतं वसेत्

Transliteration

saṃnyastasarvasaṃkalpo yastu prāṇānparityajet | amareśvaramāsādya sa svarge niyataṃ vaset

Translation

സകല സങ്കൽപ്പങ്ങളും സംന്യാസിച്ച് അമരേശ്വരനെ പ്രാപിച്ച് പ്രാണൻ ത്യജിക്കുന്നവൻ നിർഭാഗ്യവശാൽ അല്ല, നിശ്ചയമായി സ്വർഗത്തിൽ വസിക്കും।

Word by Word

• संन्यस्त-सर्व-संकल्पः: one who has renounced all resolves
• संन्यस्त-सर्व-संकल्पः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संन्यस्त (कृदन्त; सम्-नि-√अस्/√न्यस्?; here past passive participle used adjectivally) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (सर्वसंकल्पान् संन्यस्तः = who has renounced all intentions); विशेषण (यः)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (contrastive particle)

• प्राणान्: life-breaths; lives
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• परित्यजेत्: should abandon/give up
• परित्यजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अमरेश्वरम्: Amareśvara (Lord of the immortals)
• अमरेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अमराणाम् ईश्वरः)

• आसाद्य: having reached/approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (having reached)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• नियतम्: certainly/steadily
• नियतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amareśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A renunciate-like pilgrim, calm and desireless, approaches the Amareśvara Śiva shrine; the atmosphere is quiet, with lamps and bilva leaves, suggesting a peaceful end and ascent to heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Amareśvara
• Śiva
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner renunciation joined with sacred place-attainment is praised as spiritually efficacious at life’s end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amareśvara, a Śiva-site within the Revā Khaṇḍa pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Approaching Amareśvara with renounced resolve (saṃnyasta-saṃkalpa) and relinquishing prāṇa there.