Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

निस्तरंगं विनिर्गृह्य स्थितमिंद्रियगोचरान् । आत्मानमात्मना देवं प्रविष्टं तपसो निधिम्

Transliteration

nistaraṃgaṃ vinirgṛhya sthitamiṃdriyagocarān | ātmānamātmanā devaṃ praviṣṭaṃ tapaso nidhim

Translation

Khi đã chế ngự các đối tượng của giác quan và làm cho tâm không còn gợn sóng, Ngài an trụ trong chính mình—nhờ Tự Ngã mà nhập vào vị Deva, kho tàng của khổ hạnh (tapas).

Word by Word

• nistaraṅgam: waveless, unagitated
• nistaraṅgam: Visheshana (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥ (उपसर्ग) + taraṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (wave-less, unperturbed)

• vinirgṛhya: having restrained/withdrawn
• vinirgṛhya: Kriya-viseshana (Gerundial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi + nir + √grah (ग्रह्) + ल्यप्
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘विनिर्गृह्य’ = ‘नियन्त्र्य/निगृह्य’

• sthitam: standing/remaining
• sthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (स्था) + क्त
• Form: कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• indriya-gocarān: the sense-objects/ranges of the senses
• indriya-gocarān: Karman (Object of gerund/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक) + gocara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘इन्द्रियाणां गोचराः’

• ātmānam: the Self
• ātmānam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• ātmanā: by the Self
• ātmanā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणम्

• devam: the God
• devam: Karman (Object/apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम् (apposition)

• praviṣṭam: entered/absorbed
• praviṣṭam: Visheshana (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + √viś (विश्) + क्त
• Form: कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; ‘प्रविष्टम्’

• tapasaḥ: of austerity
• tapasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धः

• nidhim: treasure, repository
• nidhim: Karman (Object/apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम् (apposition)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Antar-tīrtha (inner tīrtha) of Śiva’s samādhi (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative tableau: the senses withdrawn, the mind rendered wave-less; the practitioner’s awareness ‘enters’ the deity—Śiva as the treasury of tapas—suggested through stillness rather than action.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Deva)
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sense-restraint and inner stillness culminate in absorption in the Divine—tapas is inward mastery, not mere hardship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is named; the verse presents an inner tīrtha—stilling the mind and turning inward to Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite; the implied discipline is indriya-nigraha and meditative absorption.