Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तथा रुद्राक्षसंबंधात्पापमपिक्षयं व्रजेत् । एवं ज्ञात्वा शुभं कर्म कार्यं रुद्राक्षबंधनात्

Transliteration

tathā rudrākṣasaṃbaṃdhātpāpamapikṣayaṃ vrajet | evaṃ jñātvā śubhaṃ karma kāryaṃ rudrākṣabaṃdhanāt

Translation

ସେହିପରି ରୁଦ୍ରାକ୍ଷ ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧରେ ପାପ ମଧ୍ୟ କ୍ଷୟକୁ ଯାଏ। ଏହା ଜାଣି ରୁଦ୍ରାକ୍ଷ ଧାରଣ କରି ଶୁଭ କର୍ମ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (thus/likewise)

• रुद्राक्षसंबन्धात्: from connection with Rudrākṣa
• रुद्राक्षसंबन्धात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्राक्ष + सम्बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रुद्राक्षस्य सम्बन्धः)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (even/also)

• क्षयम्: destruction/cessation
• क्षयम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्रजेत्: would go/attain
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार (thus)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having known)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्म: act/deed
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कार्यम्: should be done
• कार्यम्: Vidhaya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (to be done)

• रुद्राक्षबन्धनात्: from tying/wearing Rudrākṣa
• रुद्राक्षबन्धनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्राक्ष + बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रुद्राक्षस्य बन्धनम्)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), in narration to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual) / Rudrākṣa-māhātmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee ties on a rudrākṣa mala/bracelet before beginning worship and charity; dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ dissipates as the bead touches the skin, while a bright path of ‘śubha-karman’ opens toward a Śiva shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Rudrākṣa
• Pāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with sacred Śaiva symbols is said to purify and support a life of auspicious, dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is situated in Kedārakhaṇḍa; it speaks generally about purification rather than naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Wear rudrākṣa and perform śubha-karmas with that sacred binding, trusting in its purificatory effect.