Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

यो नामजात्यादिविकल्पहीनः समस्तदोषैरपि वर्जितो यः । स्रमस्तसंसारभयापहारिणे तस्मै नमो दैत्यविनाशनाय

Transliteration

yo nāmajātyādivikalpahīnaḥ samastadoṣairapi varjito yaḥ | sramastasaṃsārabhayāpahāriṇe tasmai namo daityavināśanāya

Translation

Hommage à Celui qui dépasse toute distinction limitante, telle que le nom et la naissance ; à Celui qui est exempt de toute faute ; à Celui qui ôte toute crainte née du saṃsāra : à ce destructeur des Daityas, prosternation.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• nāma-jāti-ādi-vikalpa-hīnaḥ: free from distinctions such as name and caste
• nāma-jāti-ādi-vikalpa-hīnaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (qualifier of ‘yaḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक) + jāti (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + vikalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नञ्/षष्ठी-प्रायः) ‘नाम-जाति-आदि-विकल्पैः हीनः’

• samasta-doṣaiḥ: by all faults
• samasta-doṣaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण) (with varjitaḥ: ‘by/with faults’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः ‘समस्ताः दोषाः’

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-निपातः (particle: ‘even/also’)

• varjitaḥ: devoid of, free from
• varjitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate adjective of ‘yaḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varjita (कृदन्त/ppp of √vṛj/√varj वर्ज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-सम्बन्धः (relative)

• samasta-saṃsāra-bhaya-apahāriṇe: to the remover of all fear of worldly existence
• samasta-saṃsāra-bhaya-apahāriṇe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + apahārin (प्रातिपदिक from apa-√hṛ हृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः ‘समस्त-संसार-भयं अपहरति’

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• daitya-vināśanāya: to the destroyer of demons
• daitya-vināśanāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśana (प्रातिपदिक from vi-√naś नश्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘दैत्यानां विनाशनः’

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setutīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jagadīśvara (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative vision of the Lord beyond all labels—form luminous and simple—while a subdued martial undertone shows the defeat of daityas as the destruction of inner and outer adharma.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Daityas
• Saṃsāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord transcends social and conceptual limitations and grants fearlessness by uprooting saṃsāra’s dread.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu tīrtha, where the hymn frames the Lord as the liberator from worldly fear.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the emphasis is on surrender and praise as the liberating act.