Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

त्यज सौम्यमिदं रूपं सितचन्द्रांशुनिर्मलम् । रुद्रं रूपं समास्थाय संहरस्व चराचरम्

Transliteration

tyaja saumyamidaṃ rūpaṃ sitacandrāṃśunirmalam | rudraṃ rūpaṃ samāsthāya saṃharasva carācaram

Translation

“จงละรูปอันอ่อนโยนนี้ ซึ่งบริสุทธิ์ดุจรัศมีแห่งจันทร์ขาว แล้วทรงสถิตในรูปพระรุทระ จงสลายทั้งสิ่งที่เคลื่อนไหวและสิ่งที่ไม่เคลื่อนไหว”

Word by Word

• त्यज: abandon
• त्यज: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• सौम्यम्: gentle/benign
• सौम्यम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; रूपम् विशेषणम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; रूपम् विशेषणम्

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• सितचन्द्रांशुनिर्मलम्: pure like white moonbeams
• सितचन्द्रांशुनिर्मलम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक) + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अंशु (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (pure like white moonbeams)

• रुद्रम्: Rudra-like (fierce)
• रुद्रम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; रूपम् विशेषणम्

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• समास्थाय: having assumed
• समास्थाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having assumed/taken refuge in’

• संहरस्व: destroy/withdraw
• संहरस्व: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्

• चराचरम्: the moving and the unmoving (all beings)
• चराचरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (moving and unmoving beings)

Speaker

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī’s transformation: the gentle moonlike radiance recedes; she assumes a Rudra-like fierce aspect—flaming aura, dynamic posture—while Śiva remains the commanding still center. The cosmos shows signs of dissolution: waves, winds, collapsing constellations.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine can be both gentle and fierce; the fierce form serves dharma by restoring cosmic balance through dissolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā-kṣetra context frames the narration; no individual tīrtha is singled out in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it supports the Purāṇic understanding of multiple divine forms (rūpa-bheda) in worship.