Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

विविधगुणविभेदैर्नित्यमस्पृष्टरूपं जगति च बहिरंतर्वा समानं महिम्ना । स्वमहसि विहरंतं वाङ्मनोवृत्तिदूरं परमशिवमनंतानंदसांद्रं प्रपद्ये

Transliteration

vividhaguṇavibhedairnityamaspṛṣṭarūpaṃ jagati ca bahiraṃtarvā samānaṃ mahimnā | svamahasi viharaṃtaṃ vāṅmanovṛttidūraṃ paramaśivamanaṃtānaṃdasāṃdraṃ prapadye

Translation

Je prends refuge en Paramaśiva : dont la forme demeure à jamais intacte, au-delà de toutes les distinctions des guṇa ; dont la majesté est identique au-dedans et au-dehors du monde ; qui se meut dans sa propre splendeur, hors d’atteinte de la parole et des mouvements du mental, compact d’une béatitude infinie.

Word by Word

• vividha-guṇa-vibhedaiḥ: by various distinctions of qualities
• vividha-guṇa-vibhedaiḥ: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + vibheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; हेतु/करणार्थ

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे नपुंसक-आकारान्त रूप; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• aspṛṣṭa-rūpam: whose form is untouched (unaffected)
• aspṛṣṭa-rūpam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + spṛṣṭa (स्पृश् धातु, क्त) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (परमशिवम्)

• jagati: in the world
• jagati: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• bahis: outside
• bahis: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahis (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• antar: inside
• antar: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• vā: or/and also
• vā: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• samānam: the same; uniform
• samānam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (परमशिवम्)

• mahimnā: by (his) greatness
• mahimnā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahiman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sva-mahasi: in his own radiance
• sva-mahasi: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + mahas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viharantam: sporting/dwelling
• viharantam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-hṛ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (परमशिवम्)

• vāṅ-mano-vṛtti-dūram: far from the operations of speech and mind
• vāṅ-mano-vṛtti-dūram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक) + manas (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक) + dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (परमशिवम्)

• parama-śivam: the Supreme Śiva
• parama-śivam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ananta-ānanda-sāndram: dense/filled with endless bliss
• ananta-ānanda-sāndram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ananta (प्रातिपदिक) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + sāndra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (परमशिवम्)

• prapadye: I take refuge in / I surrender to
• prapadye: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-pad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Devotional voice (speaker not explicit in snippet; reads as a Śiva-śaraṇāgati/stuti within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aniconic vision: the cosmos shown both inside and outside a luminous Śiva-tejas; speech and mind depicted as retreating; the devotee bows in prapatti before an infinite, bliss-dense radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Paramaśiva
• Guṇas
• Anantānanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse teaches surrender to the transcendent Śiva, who is beyond guṇas, beyond mind and speech, yet immanent with equal majesty everywhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is mentioned; this is a theological hymn emphasizing Śiva’s transcendence and immanence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practice implied is prapatti (taking refuge/surrender) and stuti (praise), not a detailed external ritual.