Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्रस्थास्तन्न जानन्ति नराज्ञानबहिष्कृताः । शरीरस्थमिवात्मानमक्षयं ज्योतिरव्ययम्

Transliteration

tatrasthāstanna jānanti narājñānabahiṣkṛtāḥ | śarīrasthamivātmānamakṣayaṃ jyotiravyayam

Translation

ผู้ที่อาศัยอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นกลับไม่รู้ความจริงนั้น เพราะถูกอวิชชาขับไส; ดุจคนไม่แลเห็นอาตมันซึ่งสถิตในกาย เป็นแสงสว่างอักษยะ อวะยะ ไม่เสื่อมสลาย

Word by Word

• तत्रस्थाः: those staying there
• तत्रस्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्र + स्थ (धातु √स्था से निष्पन्न)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास (तत्र-स्थ); क्तप्रत्ययान्त/कृदन्त-विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तत्: that (truth)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• जानन्ति: they know
• जानन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अज्ञानबहिष्कृताः: excluded/kept out by ignorance
• अज्ञानबहिष्कृताः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज्ञान + बहिष्कृत (कृदन्त, √कृ)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष: अज्ञानेन बहिष्कृताः = excluded by ignorance); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शरीरस्थम्: situated in the body
• शरीरस्थम्: Upamana/Qualifier (उपमान/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीर + स्थ (धातु √स्था से निष्पन्न)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: शरीरे स्थम्); क्तप्रत्ययान्त/कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इव: as if, like
• इव: Upama-marker (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमावाचक/particle of comparison)

• आत्मानम्: the Self
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Karma-qualifier (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; आत्मानम्-विशेषण

• ज्योतिः: light, radiance
• ज्योतिः: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; आत्मानम्-अप्पोजिशन/विशेष्य

• अव्ययम्: unchanging
• अव्ययम्: Karma-qualifier (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ज्योतिः/आत्मानम्-विशेषण

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims living near a radiant sacred river yet looking outward; behind them a subtle inner flame/lotus in the heart region symbolizes the imperishable light unnoticed due to ignorance.

Characters & Entities

• Ātman
• Jyotis (inner light)
• Avidyā (ignorance)
• Karkaṭeśvara tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred power and the inner Self can remain unnoticed when ignorance dominates; discernment is required to benefit from holy presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching continues within the Karkaṭeśvara tīrtha māhātmya section of Adhyāya 137.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse emphasizes jñāna—overcoming ignorance to recognize the tīrtha’s and the Self’s radiance.