Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तत्र मोक्षेश्वरः शंभुः स्थापितो वै ततः सुरैः । तत्र सांगं जपं कृत्वा न भूयः स्तनपो भवेत्

Transliteration

tatra mokṣeśvaraḥ śaṃbhuḥ sthāpito vai tataḥ suraiḥ | tatra sāṃgaṃ japaṃ kṛtvā na bhūyaḥ stanapo bhavet

Translation

അവിടെ ദേവന്മാർ ശംഭുവിനെ ‘മോക്ഷേശ്വരൻ’ എന്ന രൂപത്തിൽ നിശ്ചയമായി സ്ഥാപിച്ചു. അവിടെ സാംഗമായി (നിയമ-ഉപാംഗങ്ങളോടുകൂടെ) ജപം ചെയ്താൽ വീണ്ടും മുലകുടിക്കുന്ന ശിശുവായി ജനിക്കേണ്ടതില്ല—അഥവാ പുനർജന്മമില്ല.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• मोक्षेश्वरः: Lord of liberation (Mokṣeśvara)
• मोक्षेश्वरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मोक्षस्य ईश्वरः)

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Apposition (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्थापितः: was established
• स्थापितः: Kriyā (Predicate, participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थापित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि भावः (set/established)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/assurance particle)

• ततः: thereafter/from there
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्/ततः (ablatival adverb: from there/thereafter)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• साङ्गम्: with all auxiliaries/with its parts
• साङ्गम्: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (स-अङ्गम् = with limbs/with auxiliaries)

• जपम्: japa (muttered prayer)
• जपम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/निपातवत्)
• Form: पुनरर्थक अव्यय (again/further)

• स्तनपः: a suckling (infant)
• स्तनपः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तनप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mokṣeśvara (Dharmāraṇya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas install Śambhu as Mokṣeśvara in a forest shrine; a devotee sits in japa with rosary, surrounded by signs of disciplined practice; the atmosphere suggests the cutting of saṃsāra (no return to infancy).

Characters & Entities

• Mokṣeśvara
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Devas (Suras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed japa at a consecrated Śiva-kṣetra is taught as a direct cause for mokṣa—freedom from the cycle of rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mokṣeśvara’s seat within Dharmāraṇya, established by the gods.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform sāṅga japa (mantra repetition with proper aṅgas/observances) at Mokṣeśvara.