Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

शिवध्यानपराणां च नराणां यतचेतसाम् । मायानिरसनं सद्यो भविष्यति न चान्यथा

Transliteration

śivadhyānaparāṇāṃ ca narāṇāṃ yatacetasām | māyānirasanaṃ sadyo bhaviṣyati na cānyathā

Translation

Bei Menschen, die der Meditation über Śiva hingegeben sind und deren Geist gezügelt ist, geschieht die Aufhebung der Māyā sogleich—und nicht anders.

Word by Word

• शिवध्यानपराणाम्: of those devoted to meditation on Śiva
• शिवध्यानपराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव-ध्यान-पर (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: शिव + ध्यान + पर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—‘नराणाम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नराणाम्: of men
• नराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• यतचेतसाम्: of those with controlled minds
• यतचेतसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: यत + चेतस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—‘नराणाम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य

• मायानिरसनम्: removal of illusion (māyā)
• मायानिरसनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया-निरसन (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: माया + निरसन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• भविष्यति: will occur / will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: otherwise)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Himalayan hermitage near Kedāra: ascetics seated in padmāsana facing a liṅga, snow peaks behind, mind steady as a lamp in windless place; māyā depicted as a fading veil.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• māyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined Śiva-meditation is presented as the direct means for dispelling māyā and moving toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s sacred context supports Śiva-dhyāna as a potent practice within the tīrtha’s Mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-dhyāna (meditation on Śiva) with yama/mental restraint is prescribed as the effective discipline.