Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मुञ्च मुञ्च महादेव मा विघ्नः क्रियतां मम । स्वर्गप्राप्तिर्ममाद्यैव त्वत्प्रसादान्महेश्वर

Transliteration

muñca muñca mahādeva mā vighnaḥ kriyatāṃ mama | svargaprāptirmamādyaiva tvatprasādānmaheśvara

Translation

「放ち給え、放ち給え、マハーデーヴァよ。われに障りを作り給うな。マヘーシュヴァラよ、汝の恩寵により、我が天界到達は今日この日にあらんことを。」

Word by Word

• muñca: release/let go
• muñca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच्, धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• muñca: release
• muñca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच्, धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (पुनरुक्ति-बलार्थ)

• mahā-deva: O Mahādeva
• mahā-deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (महा) + deva (देव) (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् देवः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (मा)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive)

• vighnaḥ: obstacle
• vighnaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (विघ्न, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kriyatām: let (it) be made/occur
• kriyatām: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• mama: for me/of me
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• svarga-prāptiḥ: attainment of heaven
• svarga-prāptiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (स्वर्ग) + prāpti (प्राप्ति) (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य प्राप्तिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• adya: today
• adya: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अद्य)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic/only)

• tvat-prasādāt: from your grace
• tvat-prasādāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (त्वत्, युष्मद्-सम्बन्धी) + prasāda (प्रसाद, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वत्-प्रसादः); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• maheśvara: O Maheśvara
• maheśvara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (महेश्वर, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Citrasena

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha milieu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādeva/Maheśvara

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Citrasena, intense and pleading, repeats ‘release me’; Śiva stands compassionate yet firm; the moment is charged with urgency at the edge of life and death.

Characters & Entities

• Citrasena
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Maheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The devotee seeks swift transcendence through Śiva’s grace, praying that inner and outer obstacles not obstruct the chosen path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The prayer arises within the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha milieu (Bhṛgutuṅga/kuṇḍa episode), though the verse itself is a direct supplication.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a bhakti-prayer (prārthanā) to remove vighna.