Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

त्वन्मायामोहिताः सर्वे व्यग्रचित्ता भयातुराः । योगारूढस्वरूपं च दृष्टं तेऽस्माभिरुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tvanmāyāmohitāḥ sarve vyagracittā bhayāturāḥ | yogārūḍhasvarūpaṃ ca dṛṣṭaṃ te'smābhiruttamam

Translation

Égarés par Ta Maya, nous étions tous l'esprit agité et tourmentés par la peur. Pourtant, nous avons maintenant contemplé — ô Être Suprême — Ta forme transcendante établie dans le Yoga.

Word by Word

• tvan-māyā-mohitāḥ: deluded by your māyā
• tvan-māyā-mohitāḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvan (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + māyā (प्रातिपदिक) + mohitá (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; muh धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (tvan-māyayā mohitāḥ), क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• vyagra-cittāḥ: with agitated minds
• vyagra-cittāḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyagra (प्रातिपदिक) + citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (vyagraṃ cittam yeṣām), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• bhaya-āturāḥ: distressed by fear
• bhaya-āturāḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + ātura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (bhayena āturāḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• yoga-ārūḍha-svarūpam: the form established in yoga
• yoga-ārūḍha-svarūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + ārūḍha (कृदन्त; ruh धातु) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (yogam ārūḍhasya svarūpam), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• dṛṣṭam: was seen
• dṛṣṭam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे—‘was seen’

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Gen./Dat. sg.); अत्र चतुर्थी (Dative) ‘to you/for you’

• asmābhiḥ: by us
• asmābhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• uttamam: supreme, excellent
• uttamam: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (yoga-ārūḍha-svarūpam इति पदस्य)

Speaker

Unspecified devotees/supplicants (collective voice) addressing a revered divine or yogic figure within Dharmāraṇya narrative context

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The Lord (addressed as ‘uttama’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas previously distressed now stand transfixed as the Lord appears in a radiant, composed yogic posture—stillness at the center, aura expanding, fear dissolving from their faces.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fear and mental agitation arise from māyā; steadiness and upliftment come through darśana and recognition of the supreme yogic reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is situated in the Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa, emphasizing the sanctity of Dharmāraṇya (the ‘Forest of Dharma’) as a kṣetra where transformative darśana and merit are gained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse; it focuses on inner transformation through darśana and the cessation of māyā-born fear.