Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अयोनिजो महादेव यथा त्वं परमेश्वर । तथा मोचय मां शर्व सम्भवाद्योनिसङ्कटात्

Transliteration

ayonijo mahādeva yathā tvaṃ parameśvara | tathā mocaya māṃ śarva sambhavādyonisaṅkaṭāt

Translation

โอ้ มหาเทวะผู้ไม่เกิดจากครรภ์ ดังที่พระองค์ทรงเป็นปรเมศวร ฉันใด โอ้ ศรฺวะ โปรดปลดปล่อยข้าพเจ้าจากทุกข์แห่งภาวะที่ผูกพันด้วยครรภ์ เริ่มแต่การเกิดนั้นฉันนั้น

Word by Word

• अयोनिजः: unborn (not womb-born)
• अयोनिजः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + योनिज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम् (Singular); कर्मधारयः: 'महान् देवः'

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारार्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb: 'as, just as')

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• परमेश्वर: O Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम् (Singular); कर्मधारयः: 'परमः ईश्वरः'

• तथा: so, thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb: 'thus, in that manner')

• मोचय: release (me)
• मोचय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् + णिच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचनम् (Singular), परस्मैपदम् (Parasmaipada), णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative: 'cause to be released')

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (Masculine/Generic), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• शर्व: O Śarva
• शर्व: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• सम्भवात्: from birth, from coming into being
• सम्भवात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• योनिसङ्कटात्: from the peril of the womb
• योनिसङ्कटात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि + सङ्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (Neuter), पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचनम् (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'योनेः सङ्कटम्' (distress of the womb)

Speaker

Devotee’s prayer (mantra/vijñapti addressed to Śiva, quoted by the narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-sannidhi in Revā-khaṇḍa (unspecified)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee kneels before a liṅga, hands raised in supplication; a subtle visual metaphor of a broken chain or opening lotus indicates release from womb-bound existence.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mahādeva
• Parameśvara
• Śarva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is approached as the transcendent Lord who can free the devotee from the bondage of repeated embodied birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a universal Śaiva prayer within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting, not a direct praise of a single named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of a supplicatory mantra/prayer to Śiva seeking mokṣa from saṃsāric birth.