Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

शरीरं भेदयेद्यस्तु गौर्याश्चैव समीपतः । तस्मिन्कर्मप्रविष्टस्य उत्क्रान्तिर्जायते यदि

Transliteration

śarīraṃ bhedayedyastu gauryāścaiva samīpataḥ | tasminkarmapraviṣṭasya utkrāntirjāyate yadi

Translation

جو کوئی گوری کے قرب میں اپنے جسم کو چھید کر (سخت ریاضت کرے)؛ اور اگر اس عمل میں مشغول رہتے ہوئے اس کی اُتکرانتی (یعنی موت) واقع ہو جائے،

Word by Word

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भेदयेत्: should pierce/split
• भेदयेत्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage (‘should pierce/split’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘who’ (subject)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• गौर्याः: of Gaurī
• गौर्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘of Gaurī’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed/just)

• समीपतः: near, in proximity
• समीपतः: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समीपतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb): ‘from/at close proximity; near’

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक; सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in that (state/time)’

• कर्मप्रविष्टस्य: of one engaged in the rite/action
• कर्मप्रविष्टस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त) [प्र+विश् (धातु) → प्रविष्ट]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (one who has entered into the act/ritual); qualifying an implied person

• उत्क्रान्तिः: departure (of life), passing away
• उत्क्रान्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्क्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जायते: occurs
• जायते: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘arises/occurs’

• यदि: if
• यदि: Hetu/Śarta (Condition marker/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तबोधक (conditional particle: ‘if’)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaurī-sannidhi at a Revā-tīrtha (unnamed)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Gaurī shrine beside a river; an ascetic engaged in intense mortification (symbolic body-piercing/penance) while attendants watch; the moment is solemn, hinting at the threshold of life and death (utkrānti).

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Utkrānti (death)
• Revā (Narmadā) Tīrtha
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rites performed in the immediate presence of the Divine (Gaurī) sanctify even life-and-death moments, transforming their spiritual outcome.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Gaurī-associated spot within the Revā tīrtha landscape in Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A severe bodily austerity/rite performed near Gaurī, with emphasis on the sanctity of dying while engaged in the observance.