Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ईशत्वं च वशित्वं च सौभाग्यं कालवंचनम् । त्वामाश्रित्य नरास्सर्वे लभंतामरुणाचल

Transliteration

īśatvaṃ ca vaśitvaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ kālavaṃcanam | tvāmāśritya narāssarve labhaṃtāmaruṇācala

Translation

Ô Aruṇācala, en prenant refuge en toi, que tous les êtres obtiennent la seigneurie, la maîtrise, la bonne fortune, et même le pouvoir de déjouer le Temps.

Word by Word

• ईशत्वम्: lordship, sovereignty
• ईशत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशत्व (प्रातिपदिक; ईश + त्व प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भाववाचक-संज्ञा (state of lordship)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• वशित्वम्: mastery, control
• वशित्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशित्व (प्रातिपदिक; वशिन् + त्व प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भाववाचक-संज्ञा (power of control)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune, auspiciousness
• सौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• कालवञ्चनम्: deceiving/overcoming time
• कालवञ्चनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल-वञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक; काल + वञ्चन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kālasya vañcanam)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun)

• आश्रित्य: having resorted to, taking refuge in
• आश्रित्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having taken refuge (in)’

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying नराः)

• लभन्ताम्: may they obtain
• लभन्ताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अरुणाचल: O Arunachala
• अरुणाचल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुण-अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (aruṇaḥ acalaḥ)

Speaker

Kamalānātha (Brahmā) (deduced from immediate context leading to shloka 41)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala (Aruṇādri / Śoṇaśaila)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seeking interlocutor (ṛṣi/śaunaka-style audience, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant red-gold sacred hill (Aruṇācala) dominates the horizon; devotees with folded hands seek refuge, while a subtle aura suggests mastery over time—sun and moon held in Śiva’s radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Aruṇācala
• Kāla (Time)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati (refuge) in the sacred Śiva-kṣetra grants both worldly well-being and the deeper victory over fear of time and death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala, invoked directly as the refuge-giving holy presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Refuge (āśraya/śaraṇāgati) is prescribed as the key spiritual act.