Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वसन्ति ये संन्यसित्वा च तत्र निगृह्य दुःखानि विमुक्तसङ्घाः । ध्यायन्तो वै सांख्यवृत्त्या तुरीयं पदं मुरारेस्तेऽपि तत्रैव यान्ति

Transliteration

vasanti ye saṃnyasitvā ca tatra nigṛhya duḥkhāni vimuktasaṅghāḥ | dhyāyanto vai sāṃkhyavṛttyā turīyaṃ padaṃ murāreste'pi tatraiva yānti

Translation

ผู้ที่พำนักอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นโดยรับสันยาส—ข่มและชนะความทุกข์ทั้งหลาย จนพ้นจากหมู่แห่งความยึดติด—ย่อมเพ่งฌานตามแนวสางขยะถึงภาวะ “ที่สี่” (ตุรียะ) อันเป็นแดนสูงสุดของมุราริ (พระวิษณุ). เขาเหล่านั้นก็ย่อมบรรลุจุดหมายเดียวกันนั้นจากที่นั่นเอง.

Word by Word

• vasanti: dwell
• vasanti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• saṃnyasitvā: having renounced
• saṃnyasitvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ√nyas (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having renounced’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• nigṛhya: having restrained
• nigṛhya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni√grah (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having restrained’

• duḥkhāni: sufferings
• duḥkhāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• vimukta-saṅghāḥ: those whose bonds are released
• vimukta-saṅghāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimukta (√muc, कृदन्त) + saṅgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (possessive: ‘whose group/bonds are freed’)

• dhyāyantaḥ: meditating
• dhyāyantaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhyai (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• sāṃkhya-vṛttyā: by the Sāṃkhya mode (discipline)
• sāṃkhya-vṛttyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃkhya (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘by the Sāṃkhya method/discipline’)

• turīyam: the fourth (state)
• turīyam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: turīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• padam: state/abode
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• murāreḥ: of Murāri (Viṣṇu)
• murāreḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: murāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: also/even)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic: just/only)

• yānti: go/attain
• yānti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial voice (speaker not specified in snippet; within Revā Khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (unspecified spot)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) the king (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of serene sannyāsins living by the Narmadā, minimal possessions, practicing meditation; above them a symbolic ‘fourth state’—a luminous, formless radiance leading to Viṣṇu’s supreme abode; suffering personified as shackles broken.

Characters & Entities

• Murāri (Viṣṇu)
• Sāṅkhya
• Turīya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renunciation, restraint over suffering, and disciplined meditation lead to liberation; the sacred place itself supports attainment of the highest state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred locale within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography), praised as effective for mokṣa through residence and meditation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on saṃnyāsa (renunciation) and dhyāna (meditation) as the operative discipline.