Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

अभक्तिं यश्च कर्ता मे स गच्छेन्निश्चिंतं क्षयम् । अष्टोत्तरशतं नाम ममाग्रे यत्त्वयेरितम्

Transliteration

abhaktiṃ yaśca kartā me sa gacchenniściṃtaṃ kṣayam | aṣṭottaraśataṃ nāma mamāgre yattvayeritam

Translation

എന്നോടു അഭക്തിയോ അവമാനമോ ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ നിശ്ചയമായി നാശത്തിലേക്കു പോകും. കൂടാതെ നീ എന്റെ സന്നിധിയിൽ ഉച്ചരിച്ച എന്റെ അഷ്ടോത്തര ശതനാമങ്ങൾ—

Word by Word

• अभक्तिम्: non-devotion/disrespect
• अभक्तिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• कर्ता: doer/maker
• कर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातोः तृच्)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun)

• मे: of me/my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गच्छेत्: would go/shall go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• निश्चिन्तम्: certainly/without doubt
• निश्चिन्तम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निश्चिन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative: ‘without doubt/care’)

• क्षयम्: destruction/ruin
• क्षयम्: Gati-Karman (Goal/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: one hundred and eight
• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगुसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्या (108)

• नाम: names
• नाम: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here appositional to number (‘names’)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अग्रे: in front (of me)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘in front/presence’

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; correlating with implied ‘तत्’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ईरितम्: uttered/recited
• ईरितम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘uttered/recited’

Speaker

Bhāskara (Sūrya/Āditya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern yet compassionate deity presence: on one side, a disrespectful figure is shown fading into ruin; on the other, a devotee recites a 108-name hymn with a mālā before the deity, surrounded by a protective aura.

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭottara-śata nāma (108 names)
• Bhāskara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion protects and elevates, while contempt toward the divine leads to decline; reverent recitation of sacred names is affirmed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Bhaṭṭāditya māhātmya setting of this chapter, where the 108-name hymn is presented.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of the deity’s aṣṭottara-śata nāma (108 names), and avoidance of abhakti/aparādha.