Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अज्ञाननाशे ज्ञानं स्यात्ततो मुक्तिमवाप्स्यसि । अखण्डसच्चिदानंदसंपूर्णः स्यात्ततः परम्

Transliteration

ajñānanāśe jñānaṃ syāttato muktimavāpsyasi | akhaṇḍasaccidānaṃdasaṃpūrṇaḥ syāttataḥ param

Translation

เมื่ออวิชชาถูกทำลาย ญาณย่อมบังเกิด; แล้วท่านจักบรรลุโมกษะ ต่อจากนั้นท่านจักสมบูรณ์ในสภาวะอันไม่แตกแยก คือ สัต-จิต-อานันทะ อันสูงสุดยิ่ง

Word by Word

• अज्ञाननाशे: upon the destruction of ignorance
• अज्ञाननाशे: Adhikaraṇa (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; 'अज्ञानस्य नाशः' (on the destruction of ignorance)

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would arise/be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sequence marker (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/तस्मात्-अर्थे)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will attain
• अवाप्स्यसि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) उपसर्ग: अव-
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अखण्डसच्चिदानंदसंपूर्णः: complete in undivided Being-Consciousness-Bliss
• अखण्डसच्चिदानंदसंपूर्णः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखण्ड + सत् + चित् + आनन्द + संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः (विशेषणरूपे) 'अखण्डं सच्चिदानन्दं यस्य/यः' इति अर्थच्छाया

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sequence marker (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्)

• परम्: after that; ultimately
• परम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (परम् = 'further/after that/ultimately' adverbial accusative)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaṭā Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seeker sits in stillness after bathing; the background dissolves into a vast, undivided luminous field symbolizing akhaṇḍa-saccidānanda; ignorance is shown as a broken veil at the feet.

Characters & Entities

• Mukti (Liberation)
• Sat-Cit-Ānanda (Vedāntic epithet of Brahman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation follows the rise of true knowledge, which dawns when ignorance is removed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Jaṭā Tīrtha context by describing the spiritual culmination (jñāna and mokṣa) resulting from purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed here; it states the inner sequence: ignorance-destruction → knowledge → liberation.