Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

त्यक्त्वा कलेवरं तत्र ब्रह्मद्वारि विनिर्मिते । तत्तेजो ब्रह्मणो गात्रे योजयामास शक्तितः

Transliteration

tyaktvā kalevaraṃ tatra brahmadvāri vinirmite | tattejo brahmaṇo gātre yojayāmāsa śaktitaḥ

Translation

Там, у священных «Врат Брахмана», воздвигнутых в том месте, он оставил тело; и силой своей духовной мощи соединил то сияние с самим Телом Брахмана.

Word by Word

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; धातुः त्यज्; अर्थः ‘having abandoned’

• कलेवरम्: the body
• कलेवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ब्रह्मद्वारि: at the Brahma-gate
• ब्रह्मद्वारि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः द्वारम्)

• विनिर्मिते: constructed/built
• विनिर्मिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निर्मित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मा/निर्मा)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘well-constructed’ (agreeing with द्वारि)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘that’ (deictic)

• तेजः: splendour/energy
• तेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahman/Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• गात्रे: in the body/limb
• गात्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• योजयामास: he joined/placed
• योजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्ष), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative (णिच्) stem: योजय-; परस्मैपद

• शक्तितः: by (his) power
• शक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual, within Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmadvāra

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a sanctified gateway-marker (stone/arch or luminous threshold) by a riverbank, the sage relinquishes the body; a column of light rises and merges into a vast, formless Brahmanic radiance filling the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmadvāra
• Brahman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is portrayed as the merging of one’s inner radiance into Brahman when one departs at a sanctified tirtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A place identified as Brahmadvāra (“Gate of Brahman”) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it describes the salvific outcome associated with the sacred location at the time of death.