Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यथा मानसमभ्येत्य वायसा यांति हंसताम् । यथामृतं सकृत्पीत्वा नरो देवत्वमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yathā mānasamabhyetya vāyasā yāṃti haṃsatām | yathāmṛtaṃ sakṛtpītvā naro devatvamāpnuyāt

Translation

Kung paanong ang mga uwak, pagdating sa Mānasarovar, ay nagiging gaya ng mga hamsa; at kung paanong ang tao, sa minsang pag-inom ng amṛta, ay nakakamtan ang pagka-diyos—

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/दृष्टान्तार्थे (indeclinable; in the sense of comparison/example)

• मानसम्: Mānasa (lake)
• मानसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म) एकवचन (Neuter; Accusative; Singular)

• अभ्येत्य: having approached
• अभ्येत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√i (इ) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund/absolutive); उपसर्गः अभि-; अव्ययभावः (having approached)

• वायसाः: crows
• वायसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता) बहुवचन (Masculine; Nominative; Plural)

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Present; 3rd person; Plural; Parasmaipada)

• हंसताम्: of the swans
• हंसताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) बहुवचन (Masculine; Genitive; Plural)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/दृष्टान्तार्थे (indeclinable; in the sense of comparison/example)

• अमृतम्: nectar, ambrosia
• अमृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म) एकवचन (Neuter; Accusative; Singular)

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/आवृत्त्यर्थे (indeclinable; once)

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (पा) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund/absolutive); परस्मैपदप्रयोगः (having drunk)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता) एकवचन (Masculine; Nominative; Singular)

• देवत्वम्: divinity, godhood
• देवत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म) एकवचन (Neuter; Accusative; Singular)

• आप्नुयात्: may attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√āp (आप्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Optative; 3rd person; Singular; Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānasarovar

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: dark crows alight at the luminous waters of Mānasarovar and gradually assume the grace and whiteness of haṃsas; nearby, a single sip of amṛta is offered, signifying instant deva-bhāva.

Characters & Entities

• Mānasarovar
• Amṛta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single true contact with purity can elevate one’s very nature, just as sacred influence reshapes identity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mānasarovar is referenced as a paradigmatic sacred place; the immediate narrative tīrtha is not named in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse uses sacred-place and amṛta imagery to explain rapid purification.