Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

त्राता त्वं हि जगन्नाथ पिता माता सुहृत्सखा । त्वमेव बंधुः स्वजनो लोकानां प्रभुरीश्वरः

Transliteration

trātā tvaṃ hi jagannātha pitā mātā suhṛtsakhā | tvameva baṃdhuḥ svajano lokānāṃ prabhurīśvaraḥ

Translation

హే జగన్నాథా! నీవే రక్షకుడవు; నీవే తండ్రి, తల్లి, హితైషి, స్నేహితుడవు. నీవే బంధువు, స్వజనుడు; సమస్త లోకాల ప్రభువు-ఈశ్వరుడు నీవే।

Word by Word

• त्राता: protector
• त्राता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/निश्चयार्थ

• जगन्नाथ: O Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः नाथः)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सुहृत्सखा: friend and companion
• सुहृत्सखा: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृत् + सखा (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (सुहृत् च सखा च)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• एव: alone, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• बन्धुः: kinsman, relative
• बन्धुः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• स्वजनः: one's own (dear) person
• स्वजनः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + जन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थ (स्वः जनः = one's own people)

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds/people
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• प्रभुः: lord, master
• प्रभुः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• ईश्वरः: ruler, God
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Rājā (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rudra/Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king’s devotion intensifies: he gestures as if naming every relationship—father, mother, friend—directing all affection and dependence toward Śiva in the Himalayan shrine setting.

Characters & Entities

• Jagannātha (as epithet of Śiva/Rudra)
• Īśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True refuge is single-pointed dependence on Śiva, who fulfills every relationship and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, presented as a refuge-bestowing kṣetra where the devotee experiences Śiva as the sole support.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse models bhakti through heartfelt confession of dependence.