Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

ये पुनः प्राणसंत्यागं प्रकुर्वंति समाहिताः । पापात्मानोऽपि ते यांति ब्रह्मलोकं रघूत्तम

Transliteration

ye punaḥ prāṇasaṃtyāgaṃ prakurvaṃti samāhitāḥ | pāpātmāno'pi te yāṃti brahmalokaṃ raghūttama

Translation

ထို့ပြင် စိတ်တည်ငြိမ်စွာ ထိုနေရာ၌ အသက်ကို စွန့်လွှတ်သူတို့သည်၊ အပြစ်များသူဖြစ်စေကာမူ၊ ဗြဟ္မလောကသို့ ရောက်ကြသည်၊ ရဃူတ္တမ (ရာမ) ရေ။

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम ‘who(ever)’

• punaḥ: again; moreover
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति/पुनरावृत्ति) — ‘again; moreover’

• prāṇasaṃtyāgam: giving up life
• prāṇasaṃtyāgam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇasaṃtyāga (प्रातिपदिक; prāṇa + saṃtyāga)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘abandonment of life-breath’

• prakurvanti: they perform
• prakurvanti: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘they do/perform’

• samāhitāḥ: composed; concentrated
• samāhitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier of karta)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धातु) + क्त (past participle)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘collected, composed, intent’ (ye… samāhitāḥ)

• pāpātmānaḥ: sinful people
• pāpātmānaḥ: Karta (Subject, apposition to ye/te)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpātman (प्रातिपदिक; pāpa + ātman)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘sinful-souled persons’

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — ‘even/also’

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘they/those’

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘they go’

• brahmalokam: to Brahmaloka
• brahmalokam: Karma (Gati/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmaloka (प्रातिपदिक; brahman + loka)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘to Brahma-world’

• raghūttama: O best of the Raghus
• raghūttama: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghūttama (प्रातिपदिक; raghu + uttama)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — ‘O best of the Raghus’

Speaker

Narrative context (addressed to Rāma/Raghūttama; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma (Raghūttama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn riverside/tank setting where a pilgrim, seated in yogic composure, relinquishes life peacefully; attendants chant; the tīrtha’s sanctity is suggested by luminous aura over the water.

Characters & Entities

• Raghūttama (Rāma)
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A powerful tīrtha can elevate even the fallen when one relinquishes life with mental composure and faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the unnamed tīrtha being described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 103), whose power grants Brahmaloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; it states the fruit (phala) of prāṇasaṃtyāga (death) at the sanctified place with samādhāna (composure).