Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एरण्ड्यां च महादेवो दृष्टो मे मन्मथेश्वरः । किं समर्थो यमो रुष्टो भद्रो भद्राणि पश्यति

Transliteration

eraṇḍyāṃ ca mahādevo dṛṣṭo me manmatheśvaraḥ | kiṃ samartho yamo ruṣṭo bhadro bhadrāṇi paśyati

Translation

またエーランディーにおいて、私はマハーデーヴァをマンマテーシュヴァラとして拝した。たとえ怒れるヤマであっても、そこではいかなる力を持ち得ようか。吉祥なる主は、ただ吉祥のみを見、ただ吉祥のみを授けるからである。

Word by Word

• एरण्ड्यां: in Eraṇḍī (place)
• एरण्ड्यां: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एरण्डी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (place-name)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दृष्टः: seen
• दृष्टः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (seen)

• मे: by me / of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; enclitic form

• मन्मथेश्वरः: Lord of Manmatha (Kāma)
• मन्मथेश्वरः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्मथ-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मन्मथस्य ईश्वरः)

• किम्: what?/why?
• किम्: Sambandha (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रश्न (interrogative particle; here ‘what/why?’)

• समर्थः: capable
• समर्थः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying यमः)

• यमः: Yama (god of death)
• यमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रुष्टः: angered
• रुष्टः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणवत् (qualifying यमः)

• भद्रः: the auspicious one / a good man
• भद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भद्राणि: auspicious things
• भद्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 103)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ēraṇḍī—Manmatheśvara kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator/devotee stands before a liṅga of Manmatheśvara at Ēraṇḍī; a subdued, shadowy Yama figure is rendered powerless at the boundary, while Śiva’s gaze radiates auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Ēraṇḍī
• Mahādeva
• Manmatheśvara
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Śiva at a powerful tīrtha grants auspiciousness and removes fear, even of death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ēraṇḍī, associated with Manmatheśvara, within the Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes the saving power of darśana at the site.