Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

आद्यो विरंचिनामाभूद्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । मृत्युञ्जयेति ते नाम तदाऽभूत्पार्वतीपते

Transliteration

ādyo viraṃcināmābhūdbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | mṛtyuñjayeti te nāma tadā'bhūtpārvatīpate

Translation

Pada zaman pertama, ketika Brahmā dikenali sebagai Virañci, datuk segala alam, maka ketika itu—wahai Tuhan Pārvatī—nama-Mu menjadi “Mṛtyuñjaya”, Penakluk Kematian.

Word by Word

• ādyaḥ: the first/primeval
• ādyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (brahmā इत्यस्य)

• viraṃci-nāmā: (one) named Viraṃci
• viraṃci-nāmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viraṃci (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः ‘विरञ्चि नाम यस्य सः’ = ‘whose name is Viraṃci’

• abhūt: was/became
• abhūt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfect-like past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्

• lokapitāmahaḥ: grandfather of the world
• lokapitāmahaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘लोकस्य पितामहः’

• mṛtyuñjaya: Mṛtyuñjaya (conqueror of death)
• mṛtyuñjaya: Predicate/Name (संज्ञा/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक) + jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; नाम-रूपेण; तत्पुरुषः (द्वितीया-तत्पुरुषः/उपपद-समासः) ‘मृत्युं जयति’ → ‘मृत्युञ्जय’

• iti: thus (called)
• iti: Quotative marker (इति-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-निर्देशे)

• te: your
• te: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचनम्; ‘तव/ते’

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् adverb of time)

• abhūt: was/became
• abhūt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• pārvatīpate: O lord of Pārvatī
• pārvatīpate: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘पार्वत्याः पतिः’

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator listing Śiva’s names across cosmic phases)

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Virañci
• Mṛtyuñjaya
• Pārvatī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva as Mṛtyuñjaya embodies liberation from fear and the transcendence of death through divine refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra indirectly, by celebrating the resident Śiva’s cosmic names and powers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the name ‘Mṛtyuñjaya’ itself points to japa and remembrance for protection and spiritual victory.