Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र त्यजति प्राणान्कृत्वा प्रायोपवेशनम् । न च भूयोऽत्र संसारे स जन्माप्नोति ।मानवः

Transliteration

yastatra tyajati prāṇānkṛtvā prāyopaveśanam | na ca bhūyo'tra saṃsāre sa janmāpnoti |mānavaḥ

Translation

凡在彼处行持“prāyopaveśana”（绝食至终）而舍身者，便不再于此轮回世间受生。

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb): ‘there’

• त्यजति: gives up
• त्यजति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• प्राणान्: life-breaths; life
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• कृत्वा: having undertaken
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having done’

• प्रायोपवेशनम्: the rite of fasting unto death
• प्रायोपवेशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāya + upaveśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘prāyaḥ upaveśanam’ (fasting unto death; sitting for death)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

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

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): पुनः—‘again’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb): ‘here/in this’

• संसारे: in worldly existence
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (correlative pronoun)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains/obtains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मानवः: the human (person)
• मानवः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे न, कर्तृवाचकः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūdrakeśvara (kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An aged or resolved pilgrim sits facing the liṅga and the rivers, body thin from fasting, eyes steady in meditation; attendants maintain silence, lamps flicker, and the river breeze moves prayer-flags or leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Prāyopaveśana
• Saṃsāra
• Mokṣa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place is presented as a mokṣa-field where the highest renunciatory resolve can culminate in freedom from rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Gaṅgā–Yamunā tīrtha environment associated with Śūdrakeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prāyopaveśana—religiously sanctioned fasting unto death—performed at the tīrtha.