Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

जय संसारवैद्य त्वं भूतपाल शिवाव्य य । त्रियंबक नमस्तुभ्यं भक्तरक्षणदीक्षित

Transliteration

jaya saṃsāravaidya tvaṃ bhūtapāla śivāvya ya | triyaṃbaka namastubhyaṃ bhaktarakṣaṇadīkṣita

Translation

സംസാരബന്ധം ശമിപ്പിക്കുന്ന വൈദ്യനേ, നിനക്കു ജയം; ഹേ ഭൂതപാല, ഹേ ശിവ, ഹേ അവ്യയ. ഹേ ത്ര്യംബക, നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം—ഭക്തരക്ഷയിൽ ദീക്ഷിതൻ.

Word by Word

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-अव्यय

• संसारवैद्य: O healer of saṃsāra
• संसारवैद्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार + वैद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘संसारस्य वैद्यः’ (physician of worldly existence)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भूतपाल: O protector of beings
• भूतपाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘भूतानां पालः’ (protector/lord of beings/spirits)

• शिव: O Śiva
• शिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अव्यय: O imperishable one
• अव्यय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘अविनाशी/immutable’

• त्र्यम्बक: O three-eyed one
• त्र्यम्बक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + अम्बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—‘त्रीणि अम्बकानि यस्य’ (three-eyed)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (salutation particle)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• भक्तरक्षणदीक्षित: O one vowed to protect devotees
• भक्तरक्षणदीक्षित: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त + रक्षण + दीक्षित (प्रातिपदिक); दीक्षित (कृदन्त from दीक्ष् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः—‘भक्तानां रक्षणे दीक्षितः’ (vowed/initiated for protecting devotees)

Speaker

Sucharita

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Tryambaka radiates healing calm; Sucharita bows, as if seeking cure from worldly affliction; attendants/gaṇas and gentle aura suggest protection of beings (bhūta-pāla).

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Triyambaka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the healer of saṃsāra; devotion seeks not merely relief, but freedom from bondage through divine protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu Māhātmya provides the sacred setting; the praise reinforces the pilgrimage ethos of seeking refuge in Śiva at Setu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the implied practice is stotra-recitation and taking refuge (śaraṇāgati) in the Three-eyed Lord.