Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

गात्रं संत्यज्य चात्रैव गतेऽनंते धरातलात् । अश्वत्थमूललमाश्रित्य समासीने जनार्दने

Transliteration

gātraṃ saṃtyajya cātraiva gate'naṃte dharātalāt | aśvatthamūlalamāśritya samāsīne janārdane

Translation

而就在此处，当无尽者阿难多（Ananta）离开大地之时——当阇那尔达那（Janārdana）倚于阿湿婆他树根而安坐之时——

Word by Word

• गात्रम्: the body
• गात्रम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• संत्यज्य: having abandoned
• संत्यज्य: पूर्वकाल (Absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: संत्यज्य (कृदन्त, √त्यज्-परित्यागे, सम्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — 'having abandoned'

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: अधिकरण (Adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed
• एव: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: अधिकरण (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (कृदन्त, √गम्-गत्यर्थे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)

• अनन्ते: when Ananta (Śeṣa/Vishnu aspect)
• अनन्ते: अधिकरण (Locative absolute; subject of gate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम

• धरातलात्: from the surface of the earth
• धरातलात्: अपादान (Ablative source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—धरायाः तलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अश्वत्थमूलम्: the root of a peepal tree
• अश्वत्थमूलम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वत्थ + मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—अश्वत्थस्य मूलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• आश्रित्य: having taken refuge at
• आश्रित्य: पूर्वकाल (Absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आश्रित्य (कृदन्त, √श्रि-सेवायाम्/आश्रये, आ-उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — 'having resorted to'

• समासीने: when (he) was seated
• समासीने: अधिकरण (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समासीन (कृदन्त, √आस्-उपवेशने, सम्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)

• जनार्दने: in/when Janārdana (Vishnu/Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्दने: अधिकरण (Locative; apposition to समासीने)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—जनानाम् अर्दनः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (aśvattha-mūla-smṛti-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana sits composed at the root of an aśvattha tree in a quiet coastal forest; the sense is of yogic stillness before cosmic withdrawal.

Characters & Entities

• Ananta (Śeṣa)
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Aśvattha tree

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s earthly līlā concludes in a sanctified space, teaching detachment and the transcendence of the divine beyond bodily form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within this section’s frame, the scene is part of the Prabhāsa sacred landscape associated with the Lord’s final earthly moments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse sacralizes the setting (aśvattha-mūla) through association with Janārdana.