Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

इदमेव परं विप्र सर्वेषां तु भविष्यति । पठत्यष्टोत्तरशतं नाम्नां यः शिवसन्निधौ

Transliteration

idameva paraṃ vipra sarveṣāṃ tu bhaviṣyati | paṭhatyaṣṭottaraśataṃ nāmnāṃ yaḥ śivasannidhau

Translation

ഹേ വിപ്രാ! ഇതുതന്നെ എല്ലാവർക്കും പരമമംഗളമായിരിക്കും—ശിവസന്നിധിയിൽ നാമങ്ങളുടെ അഷ്ടോത്തരശതം (108) പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്നവന്.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle: 'indeed/only')

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'इदम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: for/of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/contrast)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पठति: recites
• पठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: the (set of) 108
• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (108)

• नाम्नाम्: of the names
• नाम्नाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• शिवसन्निधौ: in the presence of Śiva
• शिवसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; शिवस्य सन्निधिः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Śiva (explicitly referenced as the locus ‘in Śiva’s presence’; speaker deduced as Śiva continuing the teaching)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-sannidhi (any Śiva-kṣetra)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa devotee recites a rosary before a glowing Śiva-liṅga; the 108 names appear as a garland of syllables circling the liṅga; attendants hold lamp and water-pot; atmosphere of concentrated devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa addressee)
• Aṣṭottara-śata (108 names)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes most potent when performed with conscious proximity to Śiva—through temple presence, inner remembrance, and disciplined recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śiva-sannidhi (the presence of Śiva), implying a Śiva-temple or sanctified space where recitation is especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the aṣṭottara-śata (108) names while in Śiva’s presence.