Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

सर्वदोषविनिर्मुक्तो जीवः संसरते स्फुटम् । गुणान्वितमनोबुद्धिशुभाशुभसमन्वितः

Transliteration

sarvadoṣavinirmukto jīvaḥ saṃsarate sphuṭam | guṇānvitamanobuddhiśubhāśubhasamanvitaḥ

Translation

ജീവൻ സ്വഭാവതഃ സകല ദോഷങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുമുക്തനായിട്ടും, അവൻ വ്യക്തമായി സംസാരത്തിൽ സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നു—ഗുണങ്ങളോടും മനോ-ബുദ്ധിയോടും കൂടെ, ശുഭാശുഭ വാസനകളോടൊപ്പം.

Word by Word

• सर्वदोषविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all faults
• सर्वदोषविनिर्मुक्तः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; वि-नि-√मुच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘released’; compound: सर्वेभ्यः दोषेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः

• जीवः: the living being, soul
• जीवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• संसारते: wanders, transmigrates
• संसारते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√सृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• स्फुटम्: clearly, distinctly
• स्फुटम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्फुट (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• गुणान्वितमनोबुद्धिशुभाशुभसमन्वितः: endowed with mind and intellect, accompanied by qualities and by good and bad (tendencies)
• गुणान्वितमनोबुद्धिशुभाशुभसमन्वितः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त; √इ ‘to go’ with anu-, PPP) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्-अनु-√इ, PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास (determinative chain): ‘endowed with mind and intellect associated with qualities and with good and bad (karmic) factors’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous, spotless jīva as a small radiant figure, surrounded by three swirling guṇa-streams; mind and intellect appear as subtle instruments (mirror and lamp), while śubha/aśubha seeds orbit like beads—showing purity of essence amid coverings.

Characters & Entities

• Jīva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The soul is essentially untainted, but experiences transmigration through association with mind, intellect, guṇas, and karmic good-and-bad.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; this is a philosophical clarification within the dharma teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the implication is to purify mind and guṇas through dharma to end saṃsāra.