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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

तस्य मोक्षस्त्वया देयो मद्वाक्यात्सुरसत्तम । तथेत्युक्त्वा महेशस्तं शूलाग्रात्प्रमुमोच ह । अस्थिशेषं कृशांगं च चामुण्डासदृशं द्विजाः

Transliteration

tasya mokṣastvayā deyo madvākyātsurasattama | tathetyuktvā maheśastaṃ śūlāgrātpramumoca ha | asthiśeṣaṃ kṛśāṃgaṃ ca cāmuṇḍāsadṛśaṃ dvijāḥ

Translation

ഹേ ദേവശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, എന്റെ വാക്കിനാൽ അവനു മോക്ഷം നൽകണം. അങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ മഹേശൻ “തഥാസ്തു” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു അവനെ ത്രിശൂലാഗ്രത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിപ്പിച്ചു. ഹേ ദ്വിജന്മാരേ, അവൻ അസ്ഥിശേഷം മാത്രം, കൃശാംഗൻ, ചാമുണ്ഡാസദൃശനായി ശേഷിച്ചു.

Word by Word
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
मोक्षःliberation
मोक्षः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana/Karta (Agent in passive/करण-कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
देयःto be given
देयः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootदा (धातु) + देय (कृदन्त, यत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: to be given)
मत्-वाक्यात्from my word/command
मत्-वाक्यात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootमत् (अस्मद्-प्रत्यय) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम वाक्यम्)
सुरसत्तमO best of gods
सुरसत्तम:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सुराणां सत्तमः)
तथाthus
तथा:
Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)
इतिthus (saying)
इति:
Vākyārtha-sūcaka (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): having said
महेशःMaheśa (Śiva)
महेशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तम्him
तम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
शूलाग्रात्from the tip of the trident
शूलाग्रात्:
Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootशूल + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शूलस्य अग्रः)
प्रमुमोचreleased, let go
प्रमुमोच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-मुच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
हindeed
ह:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पदपूरण/स्मरणार्थक (expletive particle)
अस्थिशेषम्mere bones, skeletal remnant
अस्थिशेषम्:
Karman-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअस्थि + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (अस्थि-शेषः = only bones remaining)
कृशाङ्गम्thin-bodied
कृशाङ्गम्:
Karman-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृश + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (कृशम् अङ्गम्)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)
चामुण्डासदृशम्resembling Cāmuṇḍā
चामुण्डासदृशम्:
Karman-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootचामुण्डा + सदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (चामुण्डायाः सदृशम्)
द्विजाःO twice-born (Brahmins)
द्विजाः:
Sambodhana/Śrotṛ (Addressed audience)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
Speaker

Narrator (contextual); includes an addressed request and Śiva’s assent

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed within the narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka petitions Śiva to grant liberation to any mortal who installs and worships the trident-tip form. Śiva says ‘So be it’ and releases Andhaka from the trident; Andhaka appears emaciated, skeletal, Cāmuṇḍā-like.

Characters & Entities
M
Maheśa
Ś
Śiva
Ś
Śūla
C
Cāmuṇḍā

FAQs

Liberation can be conferred by divine decree; the Purāṇic narrative ties mokṣa to faith, vow, and sacred-form worship.

The tīrtha context is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but the site-name is not explicitly present in this verse.

Implied confirmation of the earlier prescription: installing and worshipping the specified Śiva-form yields mokṣa.

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