Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

संन्यस्तसर्वसंकल्पो यस्तु प्राणान्परित्यजेत् । अमरेश्वरमासाद्य स स्वर्गे नियतं वसेत्

Transliteration

saṃnyastasarvasaṃkalpo yastu prāṇānparityajet | amareśvaramāsādya sa svarge niyataṃ vaset

Translation

اور جو سب سنکلپ ترک کر چکا ہو اور امریشور کو پا کر اپنے پران پرتیاگ کرے، وہ یقیناً سوَرگ میں نِیَت طور پر بسے گا۔

Word by Word

• संन्यस्त-सर्व-संकल्पः: one who has renounced all resolves
• संन्यस्त-सर्व-संकल्पः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संन्यस्त (कृदन्त; सम्-नि-√अस्/√न्यस्?; here past passive participle used adjectivally) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (सर्वसंकल्पान् संन्यस्तः = who has renounced all intentions); विशेषण (यः)

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

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (contrastive particle)

• प्राणान्: life-breaths; lives
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

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

• अमरेश्वरम्: Amareśvara (Lord of the immortals)
• अमरेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अमराणाम् ईश्वरः)

• आसाद्य: having reached/approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (having reached)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• नियतम्: certainly/steadily
• नियतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amareśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A renunciate-like pilgrim, calm and desireless, approaches the Amareśvara Śiva shrine; the atmosphere is quiet, with lamps and bilva leaves, suggesting a peaceful end and ascent to heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Amareśvara
• Śiva
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner renunciation joined with sacred place-attainment is praised as spiritually efficacious at life’s end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amareśvara, a Śiva-site within the Revā Khaṇḍa pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Approaching Amareśvara with renounced resolve (saṃnyasta-saṃkalpa) and relinquishing prāṇa there.