Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 172

Devanagari script

मानुषं देहमुत्सृज्य ते विमानान्यथारुहन् । तिर्यग्योनिगता ये च प्रविश्य सरयूं तदा

Transliteration

mānuṣaṃ dehamutsṛjya te vimānānyathāruhan | tiryagyonigatā ye ca praviśya sarayūṃ tadā

Translation

انسانی جسم چھوڑ کر وہ پھر دیویہ وِمانوں پر سوار ہوئے۔ اور جو جانوروں کی یَونی میں پیدا ہوئے تھے، وہ بھی اسی وقت سرَیو میں داخل ہو کر اسی طرح اُدھار کو پہنچے۔

Word by Word

• mānuṣam: human
• mānuṣam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; (देहम्) विशेषणम्

• deham: body
• deham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• utsṛjya: having cast off
• utsṛjya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ud-√sṛj (धातु) + lyap (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: ल्यपन्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• vimānāni: celestial chariots, aerial cars
• vimānāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्

• yathā: as, accordingly
• yathā: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: as/according as)

• āruhan: mounted, ascended
• āruhan: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√ruh (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्

• tiryag-yoni-gatāḥ: those who had gone into animal births
• tiryag-yoni-gatāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tiryak (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (gata); पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; विग्रहः: तिर्यग्योनिं गताः

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम (relative)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• praviśya: having entered
• praviśya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√viś (धातु) + lyap (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: ल्यपन्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• sarayūm: the Sarayū (river)
• sarayūm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarayū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative attribution)

Characters & Entities

• Sarayū
• Vimāna
• Tiryag-yoni (animal births)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s grace is presented as universal—capable of elevating even those in non-human births—highlighting the boundless compassion embedded in sacred place theology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopratāra Tīrtha on the Sarayū at Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering/immersing in the Sarayū at the tīrtha is the implied practice.