Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

निस्तीर्य च हिमं सर्वं निमग्नाः बालुकार्णवे । स्वर्गं यास्यति राजैकः सशरीरो गमिष्यति

Transliteration

nistīrya ca himaṃ sarvaṃ nimagnāḥ bālukārṇave | svargaṃ yāsyati rājaikaḥ saśarīro gamiṣyati

Translation

മുഴുവൻ ഹിമാവൃതമായ പാത കടന്ന്, പിന്നെ മണൽസമുദ്രത്തിൽ മുങ്ങി, രാജാവ് ഒരുത്തൻ മാത്രം സ്വർഗത്തിലേക്ക് പോകും—ദേഹസഹിതം തന്നെ പ്രസ്ഥാനം ചെയ്യും.

Word by Word

• nistīrya: having crossed over
• nistīrya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṝ (धातु) उपसर्ग: nis-
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having crossed/overcome’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• himam: snow, cold (mass)
• himam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• sarvam: all, entire
• sarvam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषण (agreeing with himam)

• nimagnāḥ: submerged, sunk
• nimagnāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-magna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन — भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे क्त-प्रत्यय; ‘having sunk/submerged’

• bālukā-arṇave: in the sea/ocean of sand
• bālukā-arṇave: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālukā (प्रातिपदिक) + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the ocean of sand’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• svargam: heaven
• svargam: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• yāsyati: will go
• yāsyati: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — परस्मैपद

• rājā-ekaḥ: the king alone
• rājā-ekaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘the king alone/one king’

• sa-śarīraḥ: with (his) body, bodily
• sa-śarīraḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह/सम्-भाव) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — बहुव्रीहि: ‘having a body/with body’

• gamiṣyati: will go
• gamiṣyati: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: transit-kṣetra (liminal passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king completes a perilous traverse: first a vast snowbound region, then a boundless sea of sand; finally he sinks/merges into the sandy ocean and ascends to heaven with his body.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A life completed in dharma can culminate in a sanctified departure where the final journey itself becomes a means of transcendence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse references symbolic terrains (snowy tract and ‘ocean of sands’) but does not explicitly name a well-known tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies the mahāprasthāna pattern of a final pilgrimage-like departure rather than a specific rite.