Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्समये तस्या दुःखशोकचिकित्सकः । ऋषभः पूर्वमाख्यातः शिवयोगी समाययौ

Transliteration

etasminsamaye tasyā duḥkhaśokacikitsakaḥ | ṛṣabhaḥ pūrvamākhyātaḥ śivayogī samāyayau

Translation

ਉਸੇ ਵੇਲੇ, ਉਸ ਦੇ ਦੁੱਖ-ਸ਼ੋਕ ਦਾ ਚਿਕਿਤਸਕ, ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਉਲੇਖਿਤ ਸ਼ਿਵ-ਯੋਗੀ ਰਿਸ਼ਭ ਆ ਪਹੁੰਚਿਆ।

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (loc. sg.)

• samaye: time, occasion
• samaye: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• duḥkha-śoka-cikitsakaḥ: healer of sorrow and grief
• duḥkha-śoka-cikitsakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + cikitsaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: दुःखशोकयोः चिकित्सकः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nom. sg.)

• ṛṣabhaḥ: Ṛṣabha
• ṛṣabhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nom. sg.)

• pūrvam: previously
• pūrvam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• ākhyātaḥ: (who was) described
• ākhyātaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-khyā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘described/mentioned’

• śiva-yogī: Śiva-yogi, devotee/adept of Śiva
• śiva-yogī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: शिवस्य योगी/शिवयोगी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nom. sg.)

• samāyayau: arrived, came
• samāyayau: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene ascetic, Ṛṣabha, arrives—matted hair, ash marks, calm gaze—contrasting the household’s turmoil; his presence cools the scene like a healing breeze.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣabha
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True healing for sorrow is presented as spiritual insight, embodied here by a Śiva-yogin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the focus is on the arrival of a yogic teacher.