Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यस्तस्य पुरतो भक्त्या जपेद्वा शतरुद्रियम् । चतुर्णामपि वेदानां सोऽधीतानां भजेत्फलम्

Transliteration

yastasya purato bhaktyā japedvā śatarudriyam | caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ so'dhītānāṃ bhajetphalam

Translation

যে সেই প্রভুর সম্মুখে ভক্তিভরে শতরুদ্রিয় জপ করে, সে চার বেদের অধ্যয়নের ফল লাভ করে।

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकः

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पुरतः: in front (of)
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (in front of)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• शतरुद्रियम्: the Śatarudriya (hymn)
• शतरुद्रियम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; शतरुद्रस्य पाठः/स्तोत्रम् = शतरुद्रियम् (तत्पुरुषः)

• चतुर्णाम्: of four
• चतुर्णाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘of four’ (qualifying वेदानाम्)

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• वेदानाम्: of the Vedas
• वेदानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अधीतानाम्: of those studied
• अधीतानाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘अधीत’ (studied), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; वेदानाम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भजेत्: would obtain / partake
• भजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• फलम्: fruit (result)
• फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmasaṃbhava Muni (deduced from concluding verse of the passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāyogipura (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of devotees stands before a Śiva-liṅga, one leading the Śatarudriya chant with palm-leaf text; sacred ash and bilva leaves offered; the four Vedas appear personified as subtle luminous figures bestowing blessings.

Characters & Entities

• Śatarudriya
• Vedas (four)
• Bhakti
• Japa
• Hara/Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation of Śiva’s hymn is equated with the highest scriptural attainment, emphasizing bhakti and sacred sound.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is set in the same Rudrāvarta/Mahāyogipura context, describing worship “before him” (the deity there).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Chanting the Śatarudriya with devotion in the deity’s presence.