Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

सर्वहिंसानिवृत्तस्तु लभते फलमुत्तमम् । एवं धर्मसमाचारो यस्तु प्राणान्परित्यजेत्

Transliteration

sarvahiṃsānivṛttastu labhate phalamuttamam | evaṃ dharmasamācāro yastu prāṇānparityajet

Translation

Ngunit ang tumalikod sa lahat ng pananakit ay nakakamit ang pinakamataas na bunga. At sinumang namumuhay ayon sa gayong dharma at pagkatapos ay iniiwan ang kanyang buhay—

Word by Word

• सर्वहिंसानिवृत्तः: one who has refrained from all violence
• सर्वहिंसानिवृत्तः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-हिंसा-निवृत्त (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + हिंसा + निवृत्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त) 'निवृत्त'; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma-visheshana (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying 'फलम्')

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/निगमनवाचक (thus; in this way)

• धर्मसमाचारः: practice/observance of dharma
• धर्मसमाचारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म-समाचार (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म + समाचार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक (particle)

• प्राणान्: life-breaths, life
• प्राणान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• परित्यजेत्: should abandon, would give up
• परित्यजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda Purāṇa voice) addressing a Pāṇḍava interlocutor (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (ethical culmination)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene ascetic/pilgrim gently protecting animals near the riverbank, refusing harm; the scene shifts to a calm deathbed moment with dharma symbols (staff, water-pot) indicating righteous passing.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Ahiṃsā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Non-violence is elevated as a decisive purifier; dharmic living culminating in a righteous death yields the supreme result.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement continues the Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha māhātmya context, though the verse itself is a general dharma teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ahiṃsā (complete abstention from harm) and sustained dharma-conduct are prescribed as the core discipline.