Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तथा शरीर संत्यागात्पातकं मे लयं व्रजेत् । एवमुक्त्वा मुनीन्सर्वाञ्च्छंकरः पांड्यभूपतिः

Transliteration

tathā śarīra saṃtyāgātpātakaṃ me layaṃ vrajet | evamuktvā munīnsarvāñcchaṃkaraḥ pāṃḍyabhūpatiḥ

Translation

ด้วยการละทิ้งร่างกายนี้ ขอให้บาปของข้าพเจ้าจงมลายหายไป เมื่อกล่าวเช่นนั้นต่อเหล่าฤๅษีทั้งหลายแล้ว กษัตริย์สิงขรแห่งปาณฑยะจึงได้ดำเนินการต่อไป

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that way
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानार्थ-क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘thus/in that manner’)

• शरीर: from (the act of) the body
• शरीर: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; (sandhi: शरीर + संत्यागात् → शरीरसंत्यागात्)

• संत्यागात्: from abandoning (giving up)
• संत्यागात्: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-त्याग (प्रातिपदिक; त्याग from √त्यज् (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘from renunciation/abandonment’

• पातकम्: sin, transgression
• पातकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/कर्ता or 2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; enclitic genitive ‘of me/my’

• लयम्: dissolution, disappearance
• लयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• व्रजेत्: may go, may attain
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थ-क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘thus’)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having said’

• मुनीन्: sages
• मुनीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) of ‘मुनीन्’

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (name)
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पांड्यभूपतिः: the Pāṇḍya king
• पांड्यभूपतिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पांड्य + भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): ‘पांड्यानां भूपतिः’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual), reporting Śaṅkara’s words and action

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara tīrtha complex)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful Pāṇḍya king Śaṅkara stands before assembled sages, hands folded, declaring that by relinquishing the body his sin may dissolve; the atmosphere is solemn, with ascetics, sacrificial fires, and the distant suggestion of the sea-bound Setu landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Pāṇḍya king)
• Munis
• Pāṇḍya dynasty

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma prescribes a remedy, its aim is the ‘laya’ (dissolution) of pāpa through sincere, complete compliance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu, where expiation is framed as spiritually efficacious within sacred space.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śarīra-saṃtyāga as the means by which the king hopes for pāpa-laya (dissolution of sin).