Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

त्वं मे नाथो ह्यनाथायास्त्वमेव जगतां गुरुः । दीनानाथसमुद्धर्ता शरण्यः सर्वदेहिनाम्

Transliteration

tvaṃ me nātho hyanāthāyāstvameva jagatāṃ guruḥ | dīnānāthasamuddhartā śaraṇyaḥ sarvadehinām

Translation

« Tu es mon protecteur, car je suis sans refuge ; toi seul es le maître des mondes, celui qui élève les démunis et les pauvres, l'abri sûr de tous les êtres incarnés. »

Word by Word

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• nāthaḥ: lord, protector
• nāthaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• anāthāyāḥ: of the helpless one
• anāthāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier of me/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anāthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: alone, indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Restriction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (restrictive particle)

• jagatām: of the worlds
• jagatām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• guruḥ: teacher
• guruḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dīna-anātha-samuddhartā: rescuer of the poor and helpless
• dīna-anātha-samuddhartā: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक) + anātha (प्रातिपदिक) + samuddhartṛ (कृदन्त; √dhṛ with sam-ud)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासार्थः—‘दीनानां च अनाथानां च समुद्धर्ता’ (rescuer of the poor and helpless)

• śaraṇyaḥ: worthy of refuge
• śaraṇyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sarva-dehinām: of all embodied beings
• sarva-dehinām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + dehin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासार्थः—‘सर्वेषां देहिनां’ (of all embodied beings)

Speaker

Alikā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional stuti tableau: Alikā praises Śiva as sole protector and world-teacher; Śiva’s presence radiates assurance; attendants or subtle divine aura may appear.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (as Nātha, Guru)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Taking refuge (śaraṇāgati) in the Lord is portrayed as the highest support for the vulnerable and repentant.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a named site; the verse is a devotional theology of Śiva within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a verbal act of surrender and praise.