Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

आराधितः सुदुष्पारे भवे भगवतो विना । तथा नान्यो महादेवात्पतन्तं योऽभिरक्षति

Transliteration

ārādhitaḥ suduṣpāre bhave bhagavato vinā | tathā nānyo mahādevātpatantaṃ yo'bhirakṣati

Translation

Dalam lautan bhava yang sukar diseberangi ini, selain Bhagavān yang disembah, tiadalah yang lain. Demikian juga, tiada selain Mahādeva yang melindungi insan yang sedang jatuh tersungkur.

Word by Word

• आराधितः: worshipped, propitiated
• आराधितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (नारायणः/भगवान् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• सुदुष्पारे: in the very hard-to-cross
• सुदुष्पारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दुष्पार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (भवे)

• भवे: in worldly existence (saṃsāra)
• भवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• भगवतः: of the Lord
• भगवतः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Exclusion/वर्जन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: उपपदविभक्ति-नियामक अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: without; governs तृतीया/पञ्चमी usage in practice)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus/likewise)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation particle)

• अन्यः: another (anyone else)
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महादेवात्: than Mahādeva / from Mahādeva
• महादेवात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• पतन्तम्: one who is falling
• पतन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मविशेषण (यम्)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• अभिरक्षति: protects
• अभिरक्षति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee slipping in a stormy ocean symbolizing saṃsāra; above, Bhagavān receives worship, while Mahādeva extends a protecting hand—two divine presences forming a single refuge over the pilgrim.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• saṃsāra (bhava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In the perilous flow of saṃsāra, divine refuge is essential; Mahādeva is praised as the supreme protector of the spiritually slipping.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya, framing the place as a refuge-oriented sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) of the Lord—implying sustained devotion as the means to protection and crossing bhava.