Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

अव्याहतेष्टगमनो यथेष्ठः प्रययौ महीम् । ध्यानकाष्ठे गते तस्मि न्कामरूपधरे मुनौ

Transliteration

avyāhateṣṭagamano yatheṣṭhaḥ prayayau mahīm | dhyānakāṣṭhe gate tasmi nkāmarūpadhare munau

Translation

ด้วยการเคลื่อนไหวอันไม่ถูกขัดขวาง เขาเที่ยวไปบนแผ่นดินตามปรารถนา ครั้นเมื่อมุนีธยานกาษฐะ ผู้ทรงกำหนดรูปได้ตามใจ ได้จากไปแล้ว…

Word by Word

• avyāhata-iṣṭa-gamanaḥ: whose desired movement was unobstructed
• avyāhata-iṣṭa-gamanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyāhata (प्रातिपदिक) + iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-समास, विशेषण (यक्षेशः/सः)

• yatheṣṭhaḥ: as he wished
• yatheṣṭhaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘as desired’ (adverbial sense)

• prayayau: went
• prayayau: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahīm: to the earth
• mahīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गन्तव्य-देशः

• dhyāna-kāṣṭhe: when (the one) fixed in meditation
• dhyāna-kāṣṭhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक) + kāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; लोकेटिव-अब्सोल्यूट हेतु-कालार्थे

• gate: having gone / after (he) had gone
• gate: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Circumstantial/सप्तमीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute)

• tasmin: when he (that one)
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘in/when that (one)’

• kāma-rūpa-dhare: in the form-assuming (at will)
• kāma-rūpa-dhare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (मुनौ)

• munau: in the sage
• munau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Setukhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage Dhyānakāṣṭha rises and departs effortlessly, his form subtly shifting—suggesting kāmarūpa—moving across the earth without obstruction, as if gliding over landscapes and oceans.

Characters & Entities

• Dhyānakāṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even extraordinary yogic powers (siddhis) function within dharma; the story proceeds toward consequences of actions and sacred remedies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the chapter’s aim moves toward Setu and Dhanuṣkoṭi as the remedial sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.