Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

मा मुने परिखिद्यस्व देवशर्मन्स्थिरो भव । अहं ते नाशयिष्यामि शोकं सूर्यस्तमो यथा

Transliteration

mā mune parikhidyasva devaśarmansthiro bhava | ahaṃ te nāśayiṣyāmi śokaṃ sūryastamo yathā

Translation

Ô sage Devaśarman, ne t’afflige pas ; demeure inébranlable. Je détruirai ton chagrin, comme le soleil dissipe les ténèbres.

Word by Word

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (Prohibition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle)

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (मुनि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• parikhidyasva: be not dejected
• parikhidyasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√khid (खिद् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• devaśarman: O Devaśarman
• devaśarman: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devaśarman (देवशर्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (नकारान्त/मन्-प्रातिपदिक)

• sthiraḥ: steady, firm
• sthiraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthira (स्थिर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (predicate adjective)

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• te: for you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (here: dative 'for you')

• nāśayiṣyāmi: I will destroy/remove
• nāśayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (नश् धातु) causative nāśay (णिच्)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• śokam: grief
• śokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (शोक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sūryaḥ: the sun
• sūryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (सूर्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tamaḥ: darkness
• tamaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tamas (तमस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/तुलनार्थक (as/just as)

Speaker

Subhadra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Subhadra comforts the sage Devaśarman: one hand raised in assurance, the other perhaps touching the sage’s shoulder; behind them, a symbolic sunrise breaks, casting light that dissolves shadow.

Characters & Entities

• Subhadra
• Devaśarman
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfastness and trust in righteous help dissolve grief, like light removing darkness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it prepares for later ritual instructions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a vow of assistance and reassurance.