Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु संशुष्को मुनिसत्तमः । निराहारो निरानन्दः काष्ठपाषाणवत्स्थितः

Transliteration

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu saṃśuṣko munisattamaḥ | nirāhāro nirānandaḥ kāṣṭhapāṣāṇavatsthitaḥ

Translation

ตลอดพันปีทิพย์ มุนีผู้ประเสริฐนั้นผ่ายผอมแห้งเหือด ไร้อาหาร ไร้ความเพลิดเพลินทางโลก ยืนนิ่งดุจไม้หรือศิลา

Word by Word

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)

• वर्षसहस्रम्: a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्रम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वर्षाणां सहस्रम्) (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; genitive tatpuruṣa)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः/समुच्चयार्थ-व्यतिरेकसूचकः (indeclinable particle; but/indeed)

• संशुष्कः: completely dried up/emaciated
• संशुष्कः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + शुष्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)

• मुनिसत्तमः: the best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां सत्तमः) (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; genitive tatpuruṣa)

• निराहारः: without food/fasting
• निराहारः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)

• निरानन्दः: without joy/pleasureless
• निरानन्दः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)

• काष्ठपाषाणवत्स्थितः: standing like wood and stone
• काष्ठपाषाणवत्स्थितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काष्ठ + पाषाण + वत् + स्थित (स्था धातु, क्त/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः/अव्ययीभावसदृश-समासः (काष्ठपाषाणवत् + स्थितः); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; past participle ‘stood’, with simile ‘like wood and stone’)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An emaciated sage stands utterly still, skin drawn tight, eyes half-closed in meditation; the landscape is a quiet riverbank with sparse trees and stones, suggesting long time and heat.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast austerity and sense-restraint are portrayed as the power that transforms a location into a spiritually charged kṣetra/tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Bhṛgu-tīrtha/Śrīvṛta-kṣetra narrative, highlighting the tapas that sanctifies the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it describes nirāhāra (fasting/abstinence) and immovable steadiness as features of tapas.