Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

अघोराय सुघोराय घोराघौघ विदारिणे । भर्गाय भवबीजानां भंजनाय गरीयसे । नमो विध्वस्तमोहाय विशदात्मगुणाय च

Transliteration

aghorāya sughorāya ghorāghaugha vidāriṇe | bhargāya bhavabījānāṃ bhaṃjanāya garīyase | namo vidhvastamohāya viśadātmaguṇāya ca

Translation

ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်မဟုတ်သော အဃောရသို့လည်း၊ အလွန်ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် အင်အားကြီးသော သုဃောရသို့လည်း နမස්ကာရပါ၏—ကြောက်ရွံ့မှုအစုအဝေးတို့ကို ခွဲဖျက်တော်မူသူ။ တောက်ပသော ဖျက်ဆီးရှင် ဘ္ဟရ္ဂာသို့ နမස්ကာရပါ၏—လောကီဘဝဖြစ်ပေါ်မှု၏ မျိုးစေ့တို့ကို ချိုးဖျက်တော်မူသော အမြတ်ဆုံးအရှင်။ မောဟကို ဖျက်သိမ်းတော်မူ၍ အတ္တဂုဏ်တရားတို့ ကြည်လင်သန့်ရှင်းသော သင့်အား နမို နမဟ။

Word by Word

• अघोराय: to the non-terrible (Aghora)
• अघोराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; विशेष्य-रूपेण स्तुत्यर्थे

• सुघोराय: to the very terrible one
• सुघोराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सु + घोर)

• घोराघौघ: (of) terrible and non-terrible multitudes
• घोराघौघ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोर + अघौघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (घोर + अघौघ) — विशेषण-रूपेण

• विदारिणे: to the destroyer/ripper
• विदारिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √दॄ/दर् ‘विदारणे’ धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (विदारिन् = विदारयिता)

• भर्गाय: to Bharga (radiance)
• भर्गाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवबीजानाम्: of the seeds of becoming (rebirth)
• भवबीजानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव + बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (भवस्य बीजानि)

• भंजनाय: to the breaker/destroyer
• भंजनाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भंजन (प्रातिपदिक; √भञ्ज् ‘भङ्गे’ धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-भाव/कर्तृवाचक-प्रातिपदिक

• गरीयसे: to the greater/most venerable one
• गरीयसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गरीयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण (comparative)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojaka/Discourse (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (salutatory particle)

• विध्वस्तमोहाय: to (him) whose delusion is destroyed
• विध्वस्तमोहाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विध्वस्त + मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (विध्वस्तः मोहः यस्य/विध्वस्त-मोह) — बहुधा बहुव्रीह्यर्थेऽपि प्रयुज्यते, अत्र स्तुत्यर्थे दत्तिः

• विशदात्मगुणाय: to (him) of pure inner qualities
• विशदात्मगुणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशद + आत्मन् + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (विशदाः आत्मगुणाः यस्य/विशद-आत्म-गुण)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

King (Rājā) praising Śiva (implicit)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king-devotee stands with folded hands before a luminous Śiva; the deity appears simultaneously serene (Aghora) and formidable (Sughora), with a halo of fire consuming dark seed-like forms symbolizing bhava-bīja and moha.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Bharga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is both gentle and awe-inspiring, protector and liberator—destroying fear, delusion, and the roots of rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is a protective and liberative Śiva-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it supports protective recitation and devotion to Śiva for cutting off moha and bhavabīja.