Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

मद्दृष्टिगोचरो जन्तुर्नित्यमोक्षस्य भाजनम् । तथापि मुनयो नित्यं भक्तियुक्तेन चेतसा

Transliteration

maddṛṣṭigocaro janturnityamokṣasya bhājanam | tathāpi munayo nityaṃ bhaktiyuktena cetasā

Translation

Mana-mana makhluk yang berada dalam lingkungan pandangan-Ku, sentiasa layak menjadi penerima moksha. Namun demikian, wahai para muni, hendaklah kamu senantiasa berjiwa yang terpaut dengan bhakti.

Word by Word

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनस्य रूपम् (genitive singular used as prefix in compound: 'my')

• दृष्टिगोचरः: within (my) sight
• दृष्टिगोचरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्टि + गोचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दृष्टेः गोचरः = within sight)

• जन्तुः: a creature/person
• जन्तुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• नित्यमोक्षस्य: of eternal liberation
• नित्यमोक्षस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्य + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (नित्यः मोक्षः)

• भाजनम्: a recipient/vessel
• भाजनम्: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय-नाम (predicate noun)

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: Discourse adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोधार्थक (nevertheless)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Discourse adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यम् (अव्यय/नित्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)

• भक्तियुक्तेन: with devotion-endowed
• भक्तियुक्तेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (भक्त्या युक्तः); विशेषणम् (चेतसा)

• चेतसा: with (their) mind
• चेतसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental: with mind)

Speaker

Rāma (continuing his address to the sages; verse appears to continue beyond the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (addressed as 'munayaḥ' within the verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma’s compassionate gaze falls upon beings—humans, animals, even the fearful—who become suffused with light; sages in the foreground counsel sustained devotion, indicating that grace initiates and bhakti stabilizes.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Munis (sages)
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is emphasized—mere contact with the Lord’s presence is liberating—yet sustained devotion of mind is still upheld as the proper spiritual orientation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

In Setukhaṇḍa, the motif of liberating ‘darśana’ supports Setu/Rāmeśvaram as a tīrtha where seeing and worshipping the Lord is especially purifying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription is implied: maintain a mind continually joined to devotion (bhaktiyukta-cetas), though the sentence continues beyond the provided text.