Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

नाथ त्वदीयचरणांबुजचिंतनेन निर्द्धूय भास्करसुताद्भयमाशु शम्भो । नित्यत्वमाशु गतवान्स मृकंडुपुत्रः किं वा न सिध्यति तवाश्रयणात्परेश

Transliteration

nātha tvadīyacaraṇāṃbujaciṃtanena nirddhūya bhāskarasutādbhayamāśu śambho | nityatvamāśu gatavānsa mṛkaṃḍuputraḥ kiṃ vā na sidhyati tavāśrayaṇātpareśa

Translation

Ô Seigneur : par la méditation sur Tes pieds de lotus, ô Śambhu, on dissipe vite la crainte de Yama, fils du Soleil. Mārkaṇḍeya, fils de Mṛkaṇḍu, atteignit promptement l’immortalité ; que ne peut-on accomplir en prenant refuge en Toi, ô Souverain suprême ?

Word by Word

• nātha: O Lord
• nātha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tvadīya: your
• tvadīya: Instrument (Karana/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + īya (तद्धित प्रत्यय)
• Form: विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘त्वदीय-’ = your

• caraṇa-ambuja-cintanena: by meditation on the lotus of (your) feet
• caraṇa-ambuja-cintanena: Instrument (Karana/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ambuja (प्रातिपदिक) + cintana (प्रातिपदिक; √cint (धातु) ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला) ‘चरणाम्बुजस्य चिन्तनेन’

• nirddhūya: having dispelled
• nirddhūya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nir-√dhū (धातु) ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having shaken off/removed’

• bhāskarasutāt: from Bhāskara’s daughter (Yamunā)
• bhāskarasutāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक) + sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘भास्करस्य सुता’ (यमुनादेवी)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• śambho: O Śambhu (Śiva)
• śambho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• nityatvam: immortality/eternity
• nityatvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nityatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• gatavān: attained
• gatavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) क्तवतु (गतवत्)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (परिप्रयोगे finite sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘has attained/went’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mṛkaṇḍuputraḥ: the son of Mṛkaṇḍu (Mārkaṇḍeya)
• mṛkaṇḍuputraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛkaṇḍu (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘मृकण्डोः पुत्रः’ (मार्कण्डेयः)

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• vā: indeed/or
• vā: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; विकल्प/उत्प्रेक्षा)

• na: not
• na: Negation (Nishedha/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• sidhyati: is accomplished
• sidhyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sidh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tava: of you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• āśrayaṇāt: from taking refuge (in you)
• āśrayaṇāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrayaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; ā-√śri (धातु) ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; ‘from taking refuge’

• pareśa: O Supreme Lord
• pareśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pareśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘पराणाम् ईशः’

Speaker

A devotee addressing Śiva as Śambhu/Pareśa (contextual hymn in Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Setu/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva appears between Yama and the devotee; Yama’s noose falls powerless as the devotee meditates on Śiva’s lotus-feet; the scene radiates mṛtyuñjaya power and wonder.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Yama
• Sūrya (Bhāskara)
• Mārkaṇḍeya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of Śiva’s feet and wholehearted refuge (śaraṇāgati) removes fear of death and grants the highest spiritual attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram at Setu, where Śiva is praised as the giver of fearlessness and the protector from Yama’s terror.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional practice is implied: contemplation/meditation (ciṃtana) on Śiva’s lotus feet; no detailed vrata is specified in this verse.