Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ध्यायमाना महात्मानो रूपं नारायणं हरेः । ये त्यजन्ति स्वकं देहं तत्र तीर्थे जितेन्द्रियाः

Transliteration

dhyāyamānā mahātmāno rūpaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ hareḥ | ye tyajanti svakaṃ dehaṃ tatra tīrthe jitendriyāḥ

Translation

มหาบุรุษผู้ชนะอินทรีย์ทั้งหลาย ผู้เพ่งฌานในรูปนารายณะของพระหริ และละสังขาร ณ ตีรถะนั้นเอง,

Word by Word

• ध्यायमानाः: meditating
• ध्यायमानाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) + शानच् (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones
• महात्मानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), बहुवचन

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन

• नारायणम्: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन; ‘रूपम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/सम्बन्ध

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• त्यजन्ति: abandon
• त्यजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वकम्: one's own
• स्वकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन; ‘देहम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: there)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन

• जितेन्द्रियाः: self-controlled (having conquered the senses)
• जितेन्द्रियाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (जितानि इन्द्रियाणि येषाम्) विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed 'tatra tīrtha' in Revā Khaṇḍa (within Revā sacred circuit)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a quiet riverbank tīrtha, an aged yogin sits in meditation on four-armed Nārāyaṇa; senses withdrawn; as life departs, a subtle light rises, suggesting the soul’s ascent.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy death is framed as disciplined: meditation on the Lord and mastery of the senses elevate the final moment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises “that tīrtha” within Revā Khaṇḍa where meditative body-abandonment is considered especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna on Hari’s Nārāyaṇa-form, coupled with sense-restraint; the act of tīrtha-tyāga (leaving the body at a holy place) is lauded.