Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । मा भयं कुरु सर्वाभ्यो योनिभ्यश्च चिरादिव । मोक्षयिष्यामि ब्राह्मण्यं प्रापयिष्यामि निश्चितम्

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | mā bhayaṃ kuru sarvābhyo yonibhyaśca cirādiva | mokṣayiṣyāmi brāhmaṇyaṃ prāpayiṣyāmi niścitam

Translation

వ్యాసుడు అన్నాడు—భయపడకు; అన్ని యోనుల నుండీ, దీర్ఘకాల భయంలా ఉన్నదానినీ విడిచిపెట్టు. నేను నిన్ను విమోచించి నిశ్చయంగా బ్రాహ్మణత్వానికి చేర్చుతాను.

Word by Word

• vyāsaḥ: Vyāsa
• vyāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive particle, used with imperative)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kuru: do/make
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarvābhyaḥ: from all
• sarvābhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• yonibhyaḥ: from wombs/births
• yonibhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• cirāt: after a long time
• cirāt: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverbial ablative: 'after a long time')

• iva: as if/indeed
• iva: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• mokṣayiṣyāmi: I will liberate
• mokṣayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धातु, णिच् causative)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative)

• brāhmaṇyam: Brahminhood/status of a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• prāpayiṣyāmi: I will cause (you) to attain
• prāpayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (आप् धातु, प्र-उपसर्ग, णिच् causative)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative)

• niścitam: certainly/definitely
• niścitam: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: niścita (निश्चि धातोः क्त/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: 'certainly')

Speaker

Vyāsa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the fearful being speaking in vv.125–126

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa, serene and authoritative, raises a hand in blessing: ‘Do not fear’; the devotee/listener is relieved, posture softening.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Yoni (birth/womb)
• Brāhmaṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate guidance of a great ṛṣi can uplift a being from saṃsāra; divine-saintly grace works alongside past merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is spoken within the Sarasvatī-bank narrative setting; the tirtha context is implicit rather than explicitly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; Vyāsa gives assurance of deliverance and uplift to brāhmaṇya.