Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

यत्त्वयात्र महातीर्थे भृशमाराधितो द्विज । तेनाति तुष्टस्ते वत्स नेशः कालः कथंचन

Transliteration

yattvayātra mahātīrthe bhṛśamārādhito dvija | tenāti tuṣṭaste vatsa neśaḥ kālaḥ kathaṃcana

Translation

ഹേ ദ്വിജാ! ഈ മഹാതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ നീ അത്യന്തം ഭക്തിയോടെ എന്നെ ആരാധിച്ചു; അതിനാൽ, വത്സാ, ഞാൻ നിനക്കു മേൽ അത്യന്തം പ്രസന്നനാണ്. ഇനി കാലൻ ഒരുവിധത്തിലും നിന്നെ അധീനപ്പെടുത്തുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• यत्: because/that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• महातीर्थे: at the great pilgrimage-place
• महातीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः

• भृशम्: greatly
• भृशम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (intensifier adverb)

• आराधितः: worshipped
• आराधितः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + √राध् (धातु) → आराधित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (worshipped)

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

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• अति: very/exceedingly
• अति: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/निपात (intensifier)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √तुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (pleased)

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन (enclitic)

• वत्स: O dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• ईशः: the Lord
• ईशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• कालः: Time (as death)
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• कथंचन: in any way
• कथंचन: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in any way/at all)

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva), speaking to a dvija devotee

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahātīrtha (name not provided in excerpt)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, radiant, addresses the kneeling brāhmaṇa at the mahātīrtha; behind them a sacred waterbody or ford glows, and a shadowy figure of Kāla recedes, symbolizing Time’s loss of power.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mahātīrtha
• Kāla (Time/Death)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intense worship at a sacred tirtha yields Śiva’s direct grace, granting fearlessness and transcendence over the tyranny of time and death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It is described as a ‘mahātīrtha’ (great pilgrimage ford) within this chapter’s setting; the name is not given in the provided excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (earnest worship/propitiation) performed ‘here at the mahātīrtha’ is highlighted as the effective practice.