Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

युष्मन्नाम्ना प्रसिद्धं च भविष्यति विमुक्तिदम् । गायत्र्युपास्तिरहिता वेदाभ्यासविवर्जिताः

Transliteration

yuṣmannāmnā prasiddhaṃ ca bhaviṣyati vimuktidam | gāyatryupāstirahitā vedābhyāsavivarjitāḥ

Translation

Il deviendra célèbre par vos noms et accordera la délivrance. Même ceux qui sont dépourvus du culte de Gāyatrī et privés de l’étude des Vedas—

Word by Word

• yuṣmat-nāmnā: by your name
• yuṣmat-nāmnā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास (‘your name’) + तृतीया (instrumental singular ‘by/with the name’)

• prasiddham: well-known; famous
• prasiddham: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasiddha (कृदन्त; pra- + √sidh (धातु) + -ta)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally; neuter nom/acc sg ‘well-known’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (indeclinable conjunction ‘and/also’)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (simple future; 3rd sg)

• vimukti-dam: granting liberation
• vimukti-dam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimukti (प्रातिपदिक) + da (कृदन्त; √dā (धातु) + -a)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter nom/acc sg ‘giving liberation’)

• gāyatrī-upāsti-rahitāḥ: those devoid of Gāyatrī worship
• gāyatrī-upāsti-rahitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gāyatrī (प्रातिपदिक) + upāsti (प्रातिपदिक) + rahita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √hā (धातु) + -ita, ‘devoid’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative plural; ‘devoid of Gāyatrī-worship’)

• veda-abhyāsa-vivarjitāḥ: those who have abandoned Vedic study
• veda-abhyāsa-vivarjitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + abhyāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (कृदन्त; vi- + √vṛj (धातु) + -ita, ‘deprived of’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative plural; ‘devoid of Vedic study’)

Speaker

Śiva (Mahēśvara) (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuṇḍa-dvaya renowned by the two devīs’ names

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A diverse crowd—learned and unlearned, householders and ascetics—bathing together; the kuṇḍa bears the devīs’ names on a stone inscription; a calm radiance suggests liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa elevates tīrtha-mahātmya as a compassionate path, offering uplift even to those who have neglected orthodox disciplines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa/tīrtha pair that will be known by the names of the two goddesses referenced in the narrative of Adhyāya 40.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it highlights that even without Gāyatrī-upāsanā and Veda-abhyāsa, tīrtha merit remains efficacious.