Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

तथेदं शोधितं देहं शुद्धं दिवि व्रजेत्स्फुटम् । तस्मात्सर्वात्मना हीनान्न ग्राह्यं बत धीमता

Transliteration

tathedaṃ śodhitaṃ dehaṃ śuddhaṃ divi vrajetsphuṭam | tasmātsarvātmanā hīnānna grāhyaṃ bata dhīmatā

Translation

అలాగే ఈ దేహం శుద్ధి చేయబడితే పవిత్రమై స్పష్టంగా స్వర్గలోకానికి చేరుతుంది। కాబట్టి జ్ఞాని సర్వథా హీనమైనదాన్ని స్వీకరించకూడదు।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg; pronoun)

• शोधितम्: purified
• शोधितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śodhita (कृदन्त; √śudh/śodh)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (PPP; neuter nom/acc sg)

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (masc accusative singular)

• शुद्धम्: pure
• शुद्धम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc accusative singular; adjective)

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative singular)

• व्रजेत्: would go / should go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (व्रज्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (optative, 3rd sg)

• स्फुटम्: clearly
• स्फुटम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sphuṭa (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; tad)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/अपादानार्थक (indeclinable; therefore/from that)

• सर्वात्मना: entirely / with all one’s self
• सर्वात्मना: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (instrumental singular used adverbially: 'with all one’s being/entirely')

• हीनात्: from the inferior (one)
• हीनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन (ablative singular; adjective used substantively)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• ग्राह्यम्: to be accepted
• ग्राह्यम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: grāhya (कृदन्त; √grah)
• Form: भाव्य/कर्तव्यतार्थक कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• बत: indeed / alas
• बत: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bata (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मय/खेदसूचक निपात (particle of emphasis/exclamation)

• धीमता: by the wise (person)
• धीमता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (masc instrumental singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purified pilgrim/ascetic, radiant and composed, contrasted with a shadowy ‘inferior’ influence; above, a clear path to a luminous heavenly realm.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification uplifts one to higher states; the wise avoid adopting degraded or inferior paths.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it concludes a moral-philosophical argument about purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription of śodhana (purification) and disciplined living is implied; no specific ritual is named.