Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

वैराग्यरूपिणे नित्यं योगाचार्याय वै नमः । मयोक्तमप्रियं देव स्मरसंहारकारक

Transliteration

vairāgyarūpiṇe nityaṃ yogācāryāya vai namaḥ | mayoktamapriyaṃ deva smarasaṃhārakāraka

Translation

السجود الدائم لك، يا من صورتُه الزهدُ والتجرّد، يا معلّم اليوغا الحق. أيها الربّ، يا مدمّر سمارا (كاما)، اغفر لي ما نطقتُ به من كلامٍ غير مُرضٍ.

Word by Word

• वैराग्यरूपिणे: to the one embodied as dispassion
• वैराग्यरूपिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराग्यरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक; वैराग्य + रूपिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘having the form of dispassion’

• नित्यं: always
• नित्यं: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb); ‘always’

• योगाचार्याय: to the teacher of yoga
• योगाचार्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगाचार्य (प्रातिपदिक; योग + आचार्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); emphasis/indeed

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नमस्कारार्थे

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by me’

• उक्तम्: said
• उक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/uttered’

• अप्रियम्: unpleasant
• अप्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + प्रिय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; उक्तम् इति विशेषणम्

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• स्मरसंहारकारक: O destroyer of Smara
• स्मरसंहारकारक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरसंहारकारक (प्रातिपदिक; स्मर + संहार + कारक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘doer of the destruction of Smara (Kāma)’

Speaker

Unspecified (stotra voice within Tīrthamāhātmya narration; attributed to the hymn-reciter in the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent devotee kneels before Śiva, hands folded, with a subdued aura of remorse; behind Śiva, the mythic hint of Kāma being reduced to ashes (Smara-saṃhāra) appears as a faint vignette; Śiva radiates calm vairāgya as a yoga teacher.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Yoga
• Vairāgya
• Smara (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion includes humility and repentance; Śiva as Yoga-Guru grants purification when one seeks forgiveness sincerely.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is within a general tīrtha-māhātmya setting; the verse itself does not specify the exact site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional act is implied: confession and prayer for forgiveness, suitable as part of stotra-recitation during worship.