Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

शिवध्यानपराणां च नराणां यतचेतसाम् । मायानिरसनं सद्यो भविष्यति न चान्यथा

Transliteration

śivadhyānaparāṇāṃ ca narāṇāṃ yatacetasām | māyānirasanaṃ sadyo bhaviṣyati na cānyathā

Translation

أمّا الذين يلازمون تأمّل شيفا، وقد روّضوا أذهانهم وضبطوا قلوبهم، فإن زوال المايا يقع في الحال—ولا يكون على غير ذلك.

Word by Word

• शिवध्यानपराणाम्: of those devoted to meditation on Śiva
• शिवध्यानपराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव-ध्यान-पर (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: शिव + ध्यान + पर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—‘नराणाम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नराणाम्: of men
• नराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• यतचेतसाम्: of those with controlled minds
• यतचेतसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: यत + चेतस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—‘नराणाम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य

• मायानिरसनम्: removal of illusion (māyā)
• मायानिरसनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया-निरसन (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: माया + निरसन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• भविष्यति: will occur / will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: otherwise)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Himalayan hermitage near Kedāra: ascetics seated in padmāsana facing a liṅga, snow peaks behind, mind steady as a lamp in windless place; māyā depicted as a fading veil.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• māyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined Śiva-meditation is presented as the direct means for dispelling māyā and moving toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s sacred context supports Śiva-dhyāna as a potent practice within the tīrtha’s Mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-dhyāna (meditation on Śiva) with yama/mental restraint is prescribed as the effective discipline.