Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

उद्धृतासि वराहेण रुद्रेण शतबाहुना । अहमप्युद्धरिष्यामि प्रजया बन्धनेन च

Transliteration

uddhṛtāsi varāheṇa rudreṇa śatabāhunā | ahamapyuddhariṣyāmi prajayā bandhanena ca

Translation

«لقد رُفِعتِ على يد فاراها—رودرا ذي المئة ذراع. وأنا أيضًا سأرفع نفسي (وأفتديها)، مع الذرية ومع القيود التي تُوثِقني.»

Word by Word

• उद्धृता: (you are) lifted up / rescued
• उद्धृता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√हृ (धातु) + त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), ‘उद्धृता’ = ‘उद्धृत’ (fem.)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वराहेण: by the Boar (Varāha)
• वराहेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• रुद्रेण: by Rudra
• रुद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• शतबाहुना: by the hundred-armed (one)
• शतबाहुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; ‘शतबाहु’ = शतं बाहवो यस्य (बहून् बाहून्) इति विशेषण

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• उद्धरिष्यामि: I will lift up / rescue
• उद्धरिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रजया: by progeny / with offspring
• प्रजया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• बन्धनेन: by a bond / by binding
• बन्धनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Mantra text (to be recited while taking mṛd)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim on Narmadā’s bank recalls Varāha lifting the Earth; the Earth-goddess and cosmic waters appear as witnesses while the pilgrim prays for liberation with family and bonds.

Characters & Entities

• Varāha
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering divine acts of cosmic uplift (Varāha/Rudra) becomes a template for personal uplift—release from bondage through tīrtha-dharma and mantra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Used in the Narmadā riverbank ritual sequence within Revā-khaṇḍa; the chapter context centers on Bhāreśvara muktitīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of this mantra while ritually taking sacred clay (mṛd) as part of tīrtha practice.