Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

संजीवनो जयो जीवो जीवनाथो जगत्पतिः । कालाश्रयः कालकर्ता महायोगी महामतिः

Transliteration

saṃjīvano jayo jīvo jīvanātho jagatpatiḥ | kālāśrayaḥ kālakartā mahāyogī mahāmatiḥ

Translation

അവൻ തന്നേ സംജീവനൻ, അവൻ തന്നേ ജയൻ, അവൻ തന്നേ ജീവൻ; ജീവന്റെ നാഥനും ജഗത്തിന്റെ അധിപതിയും. കാലത്തിന്റെ ആശ്രയവും കാലത്തിന്റെ കർത്താവും—മഹായോഗി, മഹാമതി॥

Word by Word

• saṃjīvanaḥ: reviver; life-giver
• saṃjīvanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃjīvana (प्रातिपदिक; saṃ-√jīv (धातु) + lyuṭ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (agentive/causative sense)

• jayaḥ: victory; conqueror
• jayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक; √ji (धातु) + ac)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jīvaḥ: living being; life
• jīvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक; √jīv (धातु) + a)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jīvanāthaḥ: lord of life
• jīvanāthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīvana (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jīvanasya nāthaḥ)

• jagatpatiḥ: lord of the world
• jagatpatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jagataḥ patiḥ)

• kālāśrayaḥ: support/abode of time
• kālāśrayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kālasya āśrayaḥ)

• kālakartā: maker/ordainer of time
• kālakartā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + kartṛ (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ (धातु) + tṛc)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kālasya kartā)

• mahāyogī: great yogin
• mahāyogī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (mahān yogī)

• mahāmatiḥ: great-minded; of great intellect
• mahāmatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (mahā matiḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (devotee) reciting Sūrya’s names

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic Śaiva form as Mahāyogī: seated in padmāsana, serene, with a halo suggesting the wheel of time behind; the universe subtly emanating from him, indicating jagatpati and kālāśraya.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sūrya is revered as the cosmic regulator—life-giving and time-forming—inviting reverence for dharma through awareness of cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the Kāmarūpa tradition of Sūrya worship is strengthened by enumerating his cosmic attributes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This is part of nāma-stuti: reciting divine epithets as worship and contemplation.