Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

मोक्षावाप्तिर्भवेद्येषां नियमैश्च पृथग्विधैः । दशद्वादशभिर्वापि षड्भिरष्टाभिरेव वा

Transliteration

mokṣāvāptirbhavedyeṣāṃ niyamaiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ | daśadvādaśabhirvāpi ṣaḍbhiraṣṭābhireva vā

Translation

ان کے لیے مختلف اقسام کے نیَموں کے ذریعے موکش کی دستیابی ممکن ہوتی ہے—چاہے دس ہوں، یا بارہ، یا صرف چھ، یا آٹھ (اَچارن)۔

Word by Word

• मोक्ष-अवाप्तिः: attainment of liberation
• मोक्ष-अवाप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + अवाप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would be / may occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-यत्

• नियमैः: by observances
• नियमैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पृथक्-विधैः: of various kinds
• पृथक्-विधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-प्रयोग) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of different kinds)

• दश-द्वादशभिः: by ten or twelve (rules)
• दश-द्वादशभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द-समाहार), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

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

• षड्भिः: by six
• षड्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द-समाहार), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• अष्टाभिः: by eight
• अष्टाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द-समाहार), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira (continuing inquiry framing the topic)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-sage enumerates observances on fingers or with counting beads; behind, disciples sit in attentive rows, suggesting multiple structured paths converging on mokṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Moksha
• Niyama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is presented as accessible through structured discipline; different sets of observances can be efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in the verse; the discussion remains within Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā-centered context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Following a defined set of niyamas—enumerated as 6, 8, 10, or 12 observances.