Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तथा रुद्राक्षसंबंधात्पापमपिक्षयं व्रजेत् । एवं ज्ञात्वा शुभं कर्म कार्यं रुद्राक्षबंधनात्

Transliteration

tathā rudrākṣasaṃbaṃdhātpāpamapikṣayaṃ vrajet | evaṃ jñātvā śubhaṃ karma kāryaṃ rudrākṣabaṃdhanāt

Translation

Ebenso führt die Verbindung mit der Rudrākṣa dazu, dass selbst Sünde zur Vernichtung gelangt. Dies wissend, soll man heilsame, glückverheißende Taten vollbringen, während man die Rudrākṣa trägt.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (thus/likewise)

• रुद्राक्षसंबन्धात्: from connection with Rudrākṣa
• रुद्राक्षसंबन्धात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्राक्ष + सम्बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रुद्राक्षस्य सम्बन्धः)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (even/also)

• क्षयम्: destruction/cessation
• क्षयम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्रजेत्: would go/attain
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार (thus)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having known)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्म: act/deed
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कार्यम्: should be done
• कार्यम्: Vidhaya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (to be done)

• रुद्राक्षबन्धनात्: from tying/wearing Rudrākṣa
• रुद्राक्षबन्धनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्राक्ष + बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रुद्राक्षस्य बन्धनम्)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), in narration to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual) / Rudrākṣa-māhātmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee ties on a rudrākṣa mala/bracelet before beginning worship and charity; dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ dissipates as the bead touches the skin, while a bright path of ‘śubha-karman’ opens toward a Śiva shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Rudrākṣa
• Pāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with sacred Śaiva symbols is said to purify and support a life of auspicious, dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is situated in Kedārakhaṇḍa; it speaks generally about purification rather than naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Wear rudrākṣa and perform śubha-karmas with that sacred binding, trusting in its purificatory effect.