Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

पंचतन्मात्रसहितः समनोबुद्ध्यहंकृतिः । पुण्यपापमयैः पाशैर्बद्धो जीवस्त्यजे द्वपुः

Transliteration

paṃcatanmātrasahitaḥ samanobuddhyahaṃkṛtiḥ | puṇyapāpamayaiḥ pāśairbaddho jīvastyaje dvapuḥ

Translation

พร้อมด้วยตันมาตระทั้งห้า ประกอบด้วยมโน พุทธิ และอหังการะ ชีวะผู้ถูกบ่วงแห่งบุญและบาปผูกมัด ย่อมละทิ้งกายไป

Word by Word

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; समासे पूर्वपदत्वेन (numeral used as prior member in compound)

• तन्मात्र: subtle element (tanmātra)
• तन्मात्र: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक (used as compound member)

• सहितः: accompanied (with)
• सहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सह् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• स: he/that (jīva)
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (pronoun)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (as compound member)

• बुद्धि: intellect
• बुद्धि: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (as compound member)

• अहंकृतिः: ego-sense (ahaṃkāra)
• अहंकृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहंकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• पुण्य: merit
• पुण्य: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक (as compound member)

• पाप: sin
• पाप: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक (as compound member)

• मयैः: consisting of
• मयैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मय (प्रातिपदिक; -मय ‘consisting of’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; (पुण्यपापमयैः—‘made of merit and sin’)

• पाशैः: by bonds/nooses
• पाशैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• बद्धः: bound
• बद्धः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √बन्ध् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• जीवः: the individual soul
• जीवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• त्यजे: I abandon/leave
• त्यजे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इदं: this
• इदं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• वपुः: body
• वपुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A translucent jīva, encircled by cords labeled puṇya and pāpa, emerges from a fallen body; around it hover symbols of the five tanmātras and the inner instruments (mind, intellect, ego) as subtle luminous forms.

Characters & Entities

• Jīva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The soul departs with a subtle apparatus and is constrained by karmic bonds of merit and demerit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse is philosophical, describing the subtle constituents accompanying the jīva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied aim is purification of karma through dharma and devotion.