Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

वैराग्यरूपिणे नित्यं योगाचार्याय वै नमः । मयोक्तमप्रियं देव स्मरसंहारकारक

Transliteration

vairāgyarūpiṇe nityaṃ yogācāryāya vai namaḥ | mayoktamapriyaṃ deva smarasaṃhārakāraka

Translation

Hommage sans cesse à Toi, dont la forme même est le détachement, véritable maître du Yoga. Ô Seigneur, destructeur de Smara (Kāma), pardonne les paroles déplaisantes que j’ai prononcées.

Word by Word

• वैराग्यरूपिणे: to the one embodied as dispassion
• वैराग्यरूपिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराग्यरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक; वैराग्य + रूपिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘having the form of dispassion’

• नित्यं: always
• नित्यं: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb); ‘always’

• योगाचार्याय: to the teacher of yoga
• योगाचार्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगाचार्य (प्रातिपदिक; योग + आचार्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); emphasis/indeed

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नमस्कारार्थे

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by me’

• उक्तम्: said
• उक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/uttered’

• अप्रियम्: unpleasant
• अप्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + प्रिय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; उक्तम् इति विशेषणम्

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• स्मरसंहारकारक: O destroyer of Smara
• स्मरसंहारकारक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरसंहारकारक (प्रातिपदिक; स्मर + संहार + कारक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘doer of the destruction of Smara (Kāma)’

Speaker

Unspecified (stotra voice within Tīrthamāhātmya narration; attributed to the hymn-reciter in the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent devotee kneels before Śiva, hands folded, with a subdued aura of remorse; behind Śiva, the mythic hint of Kāma being reduced to ashes (Smara-saṃhāra) appears as a faint vignette; Śiva radiates calm vairāgya as a yoga teacher.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Yoga
• Vairāgya
• Smara (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion includes humility and repentance; Śiva as Yoga-Guru grants purification when one seeks forgiveness sincerely.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is within a general tīrtha-māhātmya setting; the verse itself does not specify the exact site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional act is implied: confession and prayer for forgiveness, suitable as part of stotra-recitation during worship.