Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

शरीरपातपर्यंतं तपः कुर्वन्समाहितः । वस त्वं मुनि शार्दूल पश्चान्मामाप्स्यसे ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

śarīrapātaparyaṃtaṃ tapaḥ kurvansamāhitaḥ | vasa tvaṃ muni śārdūla paścānmāmāpsyase dhruvam

Translation

ശരീരപാതം വരെയും ഏകാഗ്രചിത്തനായി തപസ്സു ചെയ്യുക. ഇവിടെ വസിക്കു, ഹേ മുനിശാർദൂല; പിന്നെ നീ നിർഭാഗ്യമായി എന്നെ പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• शरीरपातपर्यन्तम्: up to bodily death
• शरीरपातपर्यन्तम्: Kala/Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + पात (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (up to the fall of the body)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुर्वन्: doing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• समाहितः: composed, concentrated
• समाहितः: Modifier (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (collected/intent)

• वस: dwell, stay
• वस: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुनि: O sage
• मुनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शार्दूल: O tiger among men (best one)
• शार्दूल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपाधि-रूपेण

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (afterwards)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आप्स्यसे: you will attain
• आप्स्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ध्रुवम्: surely
• ध्रुवम्: Modifier (Certainty/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (क्रियाविशेषणम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual instruction continuing to Gālava)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gālava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gālava seated in deep meditation by the sacred pond, seasons passing—sun, rain, and cool winds—while the divine promise ‘you will attain Me’ hovers as a luminous presence.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Īśvara/Śiva
• Dharmapuṣkariṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast tapas anchored at a sanctified tīrtha culminates in divine attainment; perseverance is framed as the path to liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmapuṣkariṇī, whose bank is recommended as the place for sustained austerity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas with samādhi-like steadiness, continued lifelong (śarīrapāta-paryanta), as a vowed discipline at the tīrtha.