Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तथा मोचय मां देव सम्भवाद्योनिसङ्कटात् । गन्धपुष्पादिधूपैश्च स मुच्येत्सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

tathā mocaya māṃ deva sambhavādyonisaṅkaṭāt | gandhapuṣpādidhūpaiśca sa mucyetsarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

അതുപോലെ, ഹേ ദേവാ! ജന്മ-യോനിയുടെ ഭീഷണിയിൽ നിന്ന് എന്നെ മോചിപ്പിക്കണമേ. സുഗന്ധം, പുഷ്പം മുതലായവയും ധൂപവും അർപ്പിച്ചാൽ അവൻ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകും.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• मोचय: release/free
• मोचय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)

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

• सम्भवात्: from birth/origin
• सम्भवात्: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + भू (धातु) → सम्भव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative singular)

• योनिसङ्कटात्: from the distress of the womb
• योनिसङ्कटात्: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि + सङ्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative singular)

• गन्धपुष्पादि: fragrances, flowers, etc.
• गन्धपुष्पादि: Karana (Instrument—part of offering/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + पुष्प + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (stem in compound), बहुवचनार्थसमाहार (collective: ‘fragrances, flowers, etc.’)

• धूपैः: with incense
• धूपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction ‘and’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• मुच्येत्: would be freed
• मुच्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Separation—freed from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (instrumental plural; ‘from all sins’ sense often with passive—agent/instrument)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing the prescribed prayer and rite)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers incense smoke, flower garlands, and sandal fragrance before a Śiva-liṅga, eyes moist, praying to be freed from the dangers of repeated birth.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage worship is aimed at inner liberation: one petitions Śiva to transcend the bondage of repeated birth, and ritual purity symbolizes ethical purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rite continues at Ayonija Tīrtha within Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva pūjā using gandha (fragrance), puṣpa (flowers), and dhūpa (incense), along with a prayer for release from yoni-saṅkaṭa.