Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

वरीष्ठाः श्वपचा येन कृता वै दर्शनात्त्वया । त्वां नमामो जगद्बंधुं त्वां वयं शरणागताः

Transliteration

varīṣṭhāḥ śvapacā yena kṛtā vai darśanāttvayā | tvāṃ namāmo jagadbaṃdhuṃ tvāṃ vayaṃ śaraṇāgatāḥ

Translation

«بمجرد رؤيتك، صار حتى من عُدّوا “طابخي الكلاب” من الأخسّين إلى الأرفع منزلة. نسجد لك يا قريبَ العالم، وإليك جئنا لاجئين طالبين الملاذ.»

Word by Word

• वरीष्ठाः: most excellent
• वरीष्ठाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (superlative)

• श्वपचाः: dog-cookers; outcastes
• श्वपचाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वपच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/हेतु-प्रयोग (instrumental: by whom)

• कृताः: made; rendered
• कृताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (made/turned)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/निश्चयार्थ

• दर्शनात्: from (your) sight; by seeing
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (cause/source: from/through the sight)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• नमामः: we bow
• नमामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• जगद्बन्धुम्: friend/kinsman of the world
• जगद्बन्धुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः बन्धुः)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• शरणागताः: having sought refuge
• शरणागताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle: गत), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेष्यवत् (as predicate: having taken refuge)

Speaker

Girayaḥ (the Mountains)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himalayan peaks personified as venerable beings bow before Skanda; a humbled group of outcastes stands nearby, shown transformed by the deity’s glance; the mood is refuge and uplift.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttikeya (implied)
• Mountains

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace through darśana purifies and uplifts; true refuge is found in the deity, beyond worldly status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa Himalayan setting is implicit; the verse emphasizes the salvific power of darśana more than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) and darśana-centered devotion are implied; no formal rite is specified.