Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

मृत्युंजयोग्रभूतेश मृडानीश त्रिलोचन । यदि प्रसन्नो मे नाथ यदि देयो वरो मम

Transliteration

mṛtyuṃjayograbhūteśa mṛḍānīśa trilocana | yadi prasanno me nātha yadi deyo varo mama

Translation

ഹേ മൃത്യുഞ്ജയാ, ഹേ ഉഗ്ര ഭൂതേശാ, ഹേ മൃഡാനീശ ത്രിലോചനാ! ഹേ നാഥാ, എനിക്കു മേൽ പ്രസന്നനാണെങ്കിൽ, എനിക്കു വരം നൽകുവാനാണെങ്കിൽ…

Word by Word

• mṛtyuṃjaya: O conqueror of death
• mṛtyuṃjaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyuṃ-jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष ‘मृत्युम् जयति’ (conqueror of death)

• ugrabhūteśa: O lord of fierce beings
• ugrabhūteśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ugra-bhūta-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (बहुपद) ‘उग्राणां भूतानां ईशः’

• mṛḍānīśa: O lord of Mṛḍānī (Pārvatī)
• mṛḍānīśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛḍānī-īśa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी) ‘मृडान्याः ईशः’

• trilocana: O three-eyed one
• trilocana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु ‘त्रीणि लोचनानि यस्य’

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक अव्यय (conditional ‘if’)

• prasannaḥ: pleased
• prasannaḥ: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasanna (कृदन्त; √sad + pra)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण

• me: to me / of me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive) एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक अव्यय (if)

• deyaḥ: to be granted
• deyaḥ: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (धातु) + ya (यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (to be given/fit to be given), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण

• varaḥ: boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā, poised at the moment of asking, addresses the three-eyed Lord, conqueror of death; Śiva’s calm gaze conveys readiness to grant a boon, with subtle symbols of death subdued.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Śiva
• Pārvatī (Mṛḍānī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine boons arise from divine pleasure (prasāda), sought through reverence and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī context continues; the boon will establish a named liṅga and a sacred pond in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None yet; it introduces the formal request that results in a tirtha and liṅga-mahātmya.