Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

ईशानमाराध्य जपन्प्रणवं मुक्तिपाप्नुयात् । सर्वपापक्षये जाते शिवे भवति भावना

Transliteration

īśānamārādhya japanpraṇavaṃ muktipāpnuyāt | sarvapāpakṣaye jāte śive bhavati bhāvanā

Translation

ईशानाची आराधना करून आणि प्रणव (ॐ) जपत राहिल्यास मुक्ती प्राप्त होते. सर्व पापांचा क्षय झाल्यावर शिवात भावना दृढ होते.

Word by Word

• ईशानम्: Īśāna (a form of Śiva)
• ईशानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-√राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• जपन्: reciting
• जपन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• प्रणवम्: the praṇava (Oṃ)
• प्रणवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आप्नुयात्: may attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• सर्वपापक्षये: when the destruction of all sins (occurs)
• सर्वपापक्षये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जाते: when (it) has occurred
• जाते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• शिवे: in Śiva
• शिवे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवति: becomes/arises
• भवति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• भावना: contemplation, devotion
• भावना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भावना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator/teacher

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in japa posture before a Śiva-liṅga; above, the Īśāna aspect radiates in the northern quarter; a stream of Oṃ syllables depicted as luminous beads entering the heart, while dark stains (pāpa) fade away.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Īśāna
• Praṇava (Oṃ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship of Śiva as Īśāna and Oṃ-japa purify sin and culminate in steady Śiva-centered contemplation that leads to liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse teaches a universal Śaiva sādhanā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Īśāna (Śiva) and perform Praṇava (Oṃ) japa as a means toward purification and moksha.