Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

मनसा पिबतः पुंसः शिवध्यानरसामृतम् । भूयस्तृष्णा न जायेत संसारविषयासवे

Transliteration

manasā pibataḥ puṃsaḥ śivadhyānarasāmṛtam | bhūyastṛṣṇā na jāyeta saṃsāraviṣayāsave

Translation

മനസ്സുകൊണ്ട് ശിവധ്യാനത്തിന്റെ രസാമൃതം പാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവന്, സംസാരവിഷയങ്ങളെന്ന മദ്യംപോലുള്ള ആസ്വാദനത്തോടുള്ള തൃഷ്ണ വീണ്ടും ജനിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• पिबतः: of one who drinks
• पिबतः: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present active participle), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (here with ‘puṃsaḥ’): ‘of (one) drinking’

• पुंसः: of a man/person
• पुंसः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुम्स्/पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• शिव-ध्यान-रस-अमृतम्: the nectar-essence of meditating on Śiva
• शिव-ध्यान-रस-अमृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + रस (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; बहु-षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला: ‘nectar which is the essence (rasa) of meditation on Śiva’

• भूयः: again; further
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक/अधिक्यबोधक (again; further)

• तृष्णा: craving
• तृष्णा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• जायेत: should arise
• जायेत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘should arise/be born’

• संसार-विषय-आसवे: in the intoxicant of worldly sense-objects
• संसार-विषय-आसवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + विषय (प्रातिपदिक) + आसव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला: ‘in the intoxicant (āsava) of worldly objects’

Speaker

Śiva-yogin (teacher/guru speaking to the queen)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin sits in meditation; from the heart-lotus rises a stream of luminous nectar labeled ‘Śiva-dhyāna-rasa’; worldly objects appear as dim wine-cups losing their allure.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deep meditation on Śiva replaces worldly cravings; inner taste (rasa) for the divine dissolves desire for sense-objects.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified; the verse teaches an inner sādhana rather than pilgrimage geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-dhyāna (meditation on Śiva) is prescribed as the practice that neutralizes tṛṣṇā (craving).