Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

सकृत्संकीर्तिते नाम्नि शोणाद्रिरिति मुक्तिदे । सन्निधिः सर्वकामानां जायते चाघनाशनम्

Transliteration

sakṛtsaṃkīrtite nāmni śoṇādririti muktide | sannidhiḥ sarvakāmānāṃ jāyate cāghanāśanam

Translation

Wird der Name „Śoṇādri“ auch nur einmal besungen, so schenkt er Befreiung; es entsteht eine heilige Gegenwart, die alle Wünsche erfüllt und Sünde vernichtet.

Word by Word

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• संकीर्तिते: when (it is) recited/praised
• संकीर्तिते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त) सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• नाम्नि: in the name
• नाम्नि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• शोणाद्रिः: Śoṇādri (the red mountain)
• शोणाद्रिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोण-अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (शोणः अद्रिः)

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• मुक्तिदे: O giver of liberation
• मुक्तिदे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति-द (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (मुक्तिं ददाति इति)

• सन्निधिः: presence
• सन्निधिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वकामानाम्: of all desires
• सर्वकामानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-काम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वे कामाः)

• जायते: arises, comes to be
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• अघनाशनम्: destruction of sin
• अघनाशनम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अघस्य नाशनम्)

Speaker

Sanaka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śoṇādri / Arunācala

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed Lord / assembly in the māhātmya context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee chants ‘Śoṇādri’ once; from the syllables emerges a radiant script-like aura that forms the outline of Arunācala; sins depicted as dark smoke dissolve; a calm liberation-light spreads.

Characters & Entities

• Śoṇādri (Aruṇācala)
• Mukti
• Sarvakāma
• Agha/Pāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred name of the tīrtha is itself salvific—mere remembrance and recitation can purify and lead toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śoṇādri—Aruṇācala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃkīrtana/japa of the name ‘Śoṇādri’ (reciting or praising it), even once.