Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततस्तपश्चरिष्यामि सर्वभूताभयप्रदा । अस्मिन्नर्थे स्वदेवस्य शपथा मे तथात्मनः

Transliteration

tatastapaścariṣyāmi sarvabhūtābhayapradā | asminnarthe svadevasya śapathā me tathātmanaḥ

Translation

ထို့နောက် ကျွန်မသည် တပသ (အာဓိဋ္ဌာန်တရား) ကို ကျင့်ကြံမည်၊ သတ္တဝါအားလုံးအတွက် အကြောက်ကင်းခြင်းကို ပေးသူ ဖြစ်မည်။ ဤအမှု၌ ကျွန်မ၏ ကိုးကွယ်ရာ ဒေဝတားနှင့် ကျွန်မ၏ ကိုယ်တိုင်ကို အာမခံ၍ ကျိန်ဆိုပါသည်။

Word by Word

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोग (ततः = तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मपदम् (तपः चरिष्यामि)

• चरिष्यामि: I shall practice
• चरिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर् (गत्यर्थे/आचरणे)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वभूताभयप्रदा: (I), the giver of fearlessness to all beings
• सर्वभूताभयप्रदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + अभय (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदा (√दा धातु, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्/कर्तृपद-विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वभूतेभ्यः अभयं प्रददाति)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अर्थे: matter, purpose
• अर्थे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वदेवस्य: of (my/one’s) own deity
• स्वदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (स्वः देवः)

• शपथाः: oaths
• शपथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोग (correlative/also)

• आत्मनः: of myself / of my soul
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Mahājihvā (vowing reform) (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow is pronounced: the speaker promises tapas and universal protection, sealing it with an oath to their chosen deity and to their own self; the atmosphere is calm, resolute, ethically luminous.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True repentance is proven by tapas and by becoming a source of safety for all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is prescribed as the means of transformation and merit.