Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

भूयोभूयो नमस्तुभ्यं महादेव कृपालय । दुस्तराद्भवसिंधोर्मां तारयस्व त्रिलोचन

Transliteration

bhūyobhūyo namastubhyaṃ mahādeva kṛpālaya | dustarādbhavasiṃdhormāṃ tārayasva trilocana

Translation

Encore et encore je me prosterne devant Toi, Mahādeva, demeure de compassion. Ô Seigneur aux trois yeux, fais-moi traverser cet océan du devenir, si difficile à franchir.

Word by Word

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• कृपालय: O abode of compassion
• कृपालय: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कृपायाः आलयः)

• दुस्तरात्: from the hard-to-cross
• दुस्तरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण (hard-to-cross)

• भवसिन्धोः: from the ocean of worldly existence
• भवसिन्धोः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक) + सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भवस्य सिन्धुः)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तारयस्व: save/lead across
• तारयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; causative sense in usage ‘cause to cross’

• त्रिलोचन: O three-eyed one
• त्रिलोचन: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; द्विगु (त्रीणि लोचनानि यस्य)

Speaker

Agastya’s brother (the sage/devotee)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Trilocana/Mahādeva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-sage, eyes moist, hands folded, stands at the edge of the sea (or a sacred tank) pleading to three-eyed Śiva for deliverance; the ocean symbolizes saṁsāra with dark waves, while Śiva’s presence brings calm light.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Trilocana (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati (surrender) to Śiva is presented as the means to cross saṃsāra, with compassion as the Lord’s defining attribute.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra, where prayers for deliverance and Śiva’s grace are thematically central in the Setu Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated namaskāra and supplication are expressed; no explicit snāna/dāna rule is stated in this verse.