Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ऐशाने भगवान्रुद्रः श्वेतपुष्पैः सदाऽर्चितः । अपमृत्युविनाशाय सर्वदोषापनुत्तये

Transliteration

aiśāne bhagavānrudraḥ śvetapuṣpaiḥ sadā'rcitaḥ | apamṛtyuvināśāya sarvadoṣāpanuttaye

Translation

Dans le quartier d’Īśāna, le Seigneur Rudra doit être toujours honoré avec des fleurs blanches, pour anéantir la mort prématurée et dissiper toutes les fautes.

Word by Word

• ऐशाने: in the north-east (Īśāna) corner
• ऐशाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (ईशान-कोणे/दिशि)

• भगवान्: the blessed/lordly
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रुद्रः)

• रुद्रः: Rudra (Shiva)
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्वेतपुष्पैः: with white flowers
• श्वेतपुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत-पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करणत्वे

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम्

• अर्चितः: is worshipped
• अर्चितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चित (कृदन्त; अर्च्+क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle: ‘worshipped’)

• अपमृत्युविनाशाय: for the destruction of untimely death
• अपमृत्युविनाशाय: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप-मृत्यु-विनाश (प्रातिपदिक; अपमृत्यु=untimely death, विनाश=destruction)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदानार्थे (for the sake of)

• सर्वदोषापनुत्तये: for the removal of all faults
• सर्वदोषापनुत्तये: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-दोष-अपनुत्ति (प्रातिपदिक; अपनुत्ति=removal)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small shrine or pañcāyatana altar oriented to the north-east, with Rudra/Śiva receiving white blossoms; a devotee offers flowers with folded hands, suggesting protection from untimely death.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva
• Īśāna (direction)
• Apamṛtyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva devotion, performed as prescribed, is upheld as a shield against untimely death and inauspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a directional worship injunction and does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Rudra in the northeast (Īśāna) with white flowers to avert apamṛtyu and remove doṣas.