Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

सैषाद्य तव पादाब्जं प्रपन्ना शरणं सती । इमां समुद्धरासह्यात्सुघोराद्दुःख सागरात्

Transliteration

saiṣādya tava pādābjaṃ prapannā śaraṇaṃ satī | imāṃ samuddharāsahyātsughorādduḥkha sāgarāt

Translation

Ainsi, aujourd’hui, en toute droiture, elle a pris refuge à tes pieds de lotus. Daigne la relever de cet océan de douleur, insupportable et des plus terribles.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एषा: this (same one)
• एषा: Karta (Apposition/कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समानाधिकरण (with सा)

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पादाब्जम्: your lotus-feet
• पादाब्जम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + अब्ज (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पादानाम् अब्जम् = “lotus of the feet”)

• प्रपन्ना: has surrendered, has sought refuge
• प्रपन्ना: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पद् (धातु) → प्रपन्न (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भूतकृदन्त (predicative: “has taken refuge/has surrendered”)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (Object/complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (object/complement with प्रपन्ना)

• सती: virtuous, chaste
• सती: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of सा)

• इमाम्: this (girl)
• इमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समुद्धर: lift out, rescue
• समुद्धर: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• असह्यात्: from the unbearable
• असह्यात्: Apādāna-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of source/अपादानविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of सागरात्)

• सुघोरात्: from the very terrible
• सुघोरात्: Apādāna-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/अपादानविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of सागरात्)

• दुःख: of sorrow, suffering
• दुःख: Sambandha (Genitive relation within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासे पूर्वपद (with सागरात्)

• सागरात्: from the ocean
• सागरात्: Apādāna (Source/from which/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दुःखस्य सागरः)

Speaker

The girl’s family/relatives addressing the sage (collective)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāradā prostrates at the sage’s lotus feet; the sage raises a hand in blessing; behind them, family members watch with hope; the sorrow-ocean is suggested symbolically (waves/darkness) fading into light.

Characters & Entities

• lotus feet (pādābja)
• Śāradā (implied)
• duḥkha-sāgara (ocean of sorrow)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati—taking refuge in the holy—is presented as a potent means to cross the ocean of suffering through grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the refuge is in the sage’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act prescribed is surrender/refuge (śaraṇa-gamana) rather than a formal rite.