Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

शुक्लध्यानपरो भूत्वा मोक्षं प्राप्तस्ततोऽक्षयम्

Transliteration

śukladhyānaparo bhūtvā mokṣaṃ prāptastato'kṣayam

Translation

သန့်ရှင်းတောက်ပသော ဓျာနကို အလွန်အမင်း အာရုံစိုက်သူဖြစ်လာ၍ ထိုအချိန်မှစ၍ မပျက်မယွင်းသော မောက္ခကို ရရှိ하였다။

Word by Word

• शुक्लध्यानपरः: devoted to pure meditation
• शुक्लध्यानपरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल + ध्यान + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शुक्लं ध्यानं यस्य/यत्र सः परः = devoted to pure meditation)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: attained
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle used actively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/हेतुवाचक (then/thereupon)

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मोक्षम्)

Speaker

Pulastya (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māmuhrada (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mudgala sits in radiant, white-luminous meditation; a subtle aura expands outward, the kund and hills quiet; the scene suggests transcendence—no dramatic action, only stillness and inner light culminating in liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Mokṣa
• Śukla-dhyāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purified meditation (śukla-dhyāna) is presented as a direct cause of imperishable liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The line belongs to the ongoing Māhātmya narrative of the Arbuda Khaṇḍa, framing liberation in the orbit of that sacred place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditative discipline—cultivating ‘pure meditation’ rather than a specific external rite.