Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

अन्येऽपि ये प्रगच्छंति ब्रह्मज्ञानसमन्विताः । अक्षयास्तेऽपि जायंते सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्

Transliteration

anye'pi ye pragacchaṃti brahmajñānasamanvitāḥ | akṣayāste'pi jāyaṃte satyametanmayoditam

Translation

แม้ผู้อื่นใดที่ก้าวไปพร้อมด้วยญาณแห่งพรหมัน ผู้นั้นก็ย่อมเป็น ‘อักษยะ’—ไม่เสื่อมสลาย—เช่นกัน นี่เป็นความจริง ข้าพเจ้าได้กล่าวไว้แล้ว

Word by Word

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (also/even)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-यः-शब्दः

• प्रगच्छन्ति: go forth/attain
• प्रगच्छन्ति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ब्रह्मज्ञानसमन्विताः: endowed with Brahman-knowledge
• ब्रह्मज्ञानसमन्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः (ब्रह्मज्ञान-समन्विताः = endowed with knowledge of Brahman)

• अक्षयाः: imperishable
• अक्षयाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ते इति विशेषणम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (also)

• जायन्ते: are born/become
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma/Predicate-noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; वाक्ये विधेय-भावे

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object; this)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive / by me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• उदितम्: spoken/uttered
• उदितम्: Kriya (Predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्√इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; एतत् इति विशेष्येण सह

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of seekers walking forward (‘pragacchanti’) with calm faces, carrying scriptures and japa-mālā; above them a luminous, formless Brahman light indicating akṣayatva.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is grounded in Brahman-knowledge; such realization makes one ‘akṣaya’—not subject to perishing in the cycle of time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides a doctrinal bridge between tīrtha-faith and jñāna (spiritual knowledge).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on brahma-jñāna rather than external observance.