Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

ततो नौ शांतिमागच्छेज्जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्

Transliteration

tato nau śāṃtimāgacchejjagatsthāvarajaṃgamam

Translation

«Alors la paix viendrait à nous et au monde entier — aux êtres immobiles comme aux êtres en mouvement.»

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/फलवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• nau: to us (two)
• nau: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-द्विवचन-रूप (enclitic), चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4th/6th: to us/of us), द्विवचन

• śāntim: peace
• śāntim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āgacchet: may come / should come
• āgacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समष्टिवाचक

• sthāvara-jaṅgamam: (consisting of) the immobile and the mobile
• sthāvara-jaṅgamam: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthāvara (प्रातिपदिक) + jaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (स्थावरं च जङ्गमं च) जगतः विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva/Śaṅkara), implied continuation

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda acala-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā (and by extension the assembled beings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the initiation of worship, a wave of calm spreads across the world: forests, mountains, animals, humans, and devas appear soothed; the liṅga radiates a cool, steady aura.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Jagat (world)
• Sthāvara
• Jaṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Śiva brings śānti not only personally but universally—restoring harmony to all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative landscape, tied to the sanctity of regional Śaiva worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Peace is presented as the fruit of the preceding instruction: proper liṅga-pūjā.