Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अनुजानीहि मामेतद्दर्शनं तव पश्चिमम् । त्वया सह महाभाग नाडीजंघ द्विजोत्तम

Transliteration

anujānīhi māmetaddarśanaṃ tava paścimam | tvayā saha mahābhāga nāḍījaṃgha dvijottama

Translation

Gewähre mir die Erlaubnis: Dies wird mein letzter Anblick von dir sein. O hochbegnadeter Nāḍījaṃgha, Bester der Zweimalgeborenen, lass mich mit dir fortgehen.

Word by Word

• anujānīhi: permit, allow
• anujānīhi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-jñā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• darśanam: seeing; audience; दर्शन
• darśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• paścimam: last, final
• paścimam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paścima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• tvayā: with you / by you
• tvayā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• saha: with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• mahābhāga: O fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्य)

• nāḍījaṃgha: O Nāḍījaṃgha
• nāḍījaṃgha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāḍī (प्रातिपदिक) + jaṃgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• dvijottama: O best of Brahmins
• dvijottama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dvijānām uttamaḥ)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (addressing Nāḍījaṃgha; contextual, inferred)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nāḍījaṃgha (addressed as dvijottama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee/ascetic requests permission from a revered brāhmaṇa-sage, expressing that this may be the last meeting; hands joined, eyes moist, atmosphere of solemn farewell.

Characters & Entities

• Nāḍījaṃgha
• Mārkaṇḍeya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Resolve in dharma can demand painful farewells; one seeks consent and acts without deceit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.