Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

इदं शरीरमुत्सृज्य परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति । द्रुपदांतं ततो जप्त्वा जलमादाय पाणिना

Transliteration

idaṃ śarīramutsṛjya paraṃ brahmādhigacchati | drupadāṃtaṃ tato japtvā jalamādāya pāṇinā

Translation

या शरीराचा त्याग करून तो परब्रह्माला प्राप्त होतो. त्यानंतर 'द्रुपदा' मंत्राचा जप करून हातात पाणी घेऊन...

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (शरीरम्)

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned
• उत्सृज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'having abandoned'

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (ब्रह्म)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अधिगच्छति: attains
• अधिगच्छति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्रुपदान्तम्: the end (portion) of the Drupada (hymn/section)
• द्रुपदान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—द्रुपदस्य अन्तः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• जप्त्वा: having recited
• जप्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): 'having recited'

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): 'having taken'

• पाणिना: with the hand
• पाणिना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa narrative style within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm ascetic completes a hymn-recitation, then cups water in the right palm for saṅkalpa/ācamanam; behind him a quiet riverbank and a sense of transcendence beyond the body.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman
• Japa
• Water (ācamana/añjali context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper mantra-practice, grounded in purity, is linked to the highest goal—attainment of Brahman beyond the body.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is procedural and soteriological; it does not name a tīrtha, but continues Dharmāraṇya’s dharma-instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A step in japa is indicated: recite to the end of the hymn/section and then take water in the hand as part of the rite.