Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

सर्वानेतान्मया सार्धं नीत्वा तव परं पदम् । पुनर्जन्मभयं घोरं विमोचय नमोस्तु ते

Transliteration

sarvānetānmayā sārdhaṃ nītvā tava paraṃ padam | punarjanmabhayaṃ ghoraṃ vimocaya namostu te

Translation

Taking all of these along with me to your supreme abode, free us from the dreadful fear of rebirth. Salutations be to you.

Word by Word

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (etān इति विशेषण)

• etān: these (people)
• etān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• sārdham: together (with)
• sārdham: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/postposition): सह (together with)

• nītvā: having led
• nītvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (नी) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having led’

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• param: supreme
• param: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (padam इति विशेषण)

• padam: abode/state
• padam: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• punar-janma-bhayam: fear of rebirth
• punar-janma-bhayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: punar (अव्यय) + janman (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पुनर्जन्मनः भयम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ghoram: terrible
• ghoram: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (bhayam इति विशेषण)

• vimocaya: release (me/us)
• vimocaya: Kriya (Request/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√muc (मुच्) (धातु) उपसर्ग: वि
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (interjectional noun): नमः (salutation)

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriya (Benediction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्) (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive use), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी, एकवचन

Speaker

Veśyā (the courtesan devotee)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Gaurīśa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee prays for liberation from the terror of rebirth for herself and her entire group; Śiva stands as the liberator, with a luminous path or celestial gateway symbolizing the supreme abode.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest aim is liberation from saṃsāra, sought through surrender and prayer to Śiva, extending compassion to others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No location is named; “paraṃ padam” is Śiva’s transcendent abode/state rather than a geographic tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a direct prayer (praṇāma and yācñā) for mokṣa.