Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो मुनिभिः पांड्यः शंकरो द्विजपुंगवाः । तथास्तु देहसंत्यागं करिष्ये हव्यवाहने

Transliteration

ityukto munibhiḥ pāṃḍyaḥ śaṃkaro dvijapuṃgavāḥ | tathāstu dehasaṃtyāgaṃ kariṣye havyavāhane

Translation

เมื่อเหล่าฤๅษีกล่าวเช่นนั้น กษัตริย์ปานดยะนามว่าศังกระ จึงกล่าวแก่พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐเหล่านั้นว่า "ขอให้เป็นเช่นนั้นเถิด ข้าพเจ้าจะสละร่างกายในกองไฟ"

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यन्त-परामर्शक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्तः: having been told
• उक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/करण), बहुवचन; कर्तृ-करणे (agent in passive)

• पांड्यः: the Pāṇḍya king
• पांड्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्ड्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (name)
• शंकरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन; पाण्ड्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन्

• द्विजपुंगवाः: the best Brahmins
• द्विजपुंगवाः: Karta (Subject/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + पुंगव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (द्विजानां पुंगवाः = best of Brahmins); (पाठे बहुवचनम्, संबोधनार्थे अपि सम्भवति)

• तथा: so; thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (so; thus)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/आशीर्लिङ्गार्थे), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• देहसंत्यागम्: abandonment of the body
• देहसंत्यागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह-संत्याग (प्रातिपदिक; देह + संत्याग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (देहस्य संत्यागः)

• करिष्ये: I shall do
• करिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• हव्यवाहने: O Agni, carrier of oblations
• हव्यवाहने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य-वाहन (प्रातिपदिक; हव्य + वाहन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Pāṇḍya king Śaṅkara

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (dvija-puṅgavāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Pāṇḍya king Śaṅkara, humbled, speaks ‘tathāstu’ to the sages and declares his intent to enter the fire; the flames and altar await, rishis stand as witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Pāṇḍya king)
• Munis
• Agni (Havyavāhana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True repentance is shown by accepting difficult atonement and submitting to dharma’s corrective path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu, where the king seeks purification under the guidance of sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deha-saṃtyāga in Agni, undertaken as an expiatory act in the story.