Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

शिवेति द्व्यक्षरं नाम व्याहरिइष्यंति ये जनाः । तेषां स्वर्गश्च मोक्षश्च भविष्यति न चान्यथा

Transliteration

śiveti dvyakṣaraṃ nāma vyāhariiṣyaṃti ye janāḥ | teṣāṃ svargaśca mokṣaśca bhaviṣyati na cānyathā

Translation

Те, кто произносит двусложное имя «Шива», обретут и небеса, и освобождение; иначе быть не может.

Word by Word

• शिव: “Śiva”
• शिव: Vishaya (Quoted content/उक्त-विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचनार्थे (as quoted word in iti-construction; indeclinable-like usage)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• द्व्यक्षरम्: two-syllabled
• द्व्यक्षरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्याहरिष्यन्ति: will utter/pronounce
• व्याहरिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + आ + हृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्वर्गः: heaven
• स्वर्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

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

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: otherwise)

Speaker

Lomaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims or sages softly chanting ‘Śiva’ with rosaries before a Himalayan liṅga shrine; the syllables visualized as luminous akṣaras rising like incense toward the peaks.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mokṣa
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine name is salvific; sincere utterance of “Śiva” is presented as a direct means to both worldly and ultimate good.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is universal, delivered within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra-centered Śaiva pilgrimage narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-ucchāraṇa/japa—uttering the name “Śiva” (a two-syllabled mantra).