Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तद्दहस्व महादेव त्वं हि नः परमा गतिः । एवं प्रसादं देवेश सर्वेषां कर्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

taddahasva mahādeva tvaṃ hi naḥ paramā gatiḥ | evaṃ prasādaṃ deveśa sarveṣāṃ kartumarhasi

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น ข้าแต่พระมหาเทวะ โปรดเผาผลาญสิ่งนั้นให้มอดไหม้—พระองค์ทรงเป็นที่พึ่งสูงสุดของพวกข้าพเจ้า ข้าแต่จอมเทพ โปรดประทานพระกรุณาเช่นนี้แก่สรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวงเถิด

Word by Word

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दहस्व: burn (you)
• दहस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/त्रिलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• नः: of us/our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• परमा: supreme
• परमा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (गतिः इति विशेष्य)

• गतिः: refuge/goal
• गतिः: Pradhana (Predicate nominative/प्रधाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• प्रसादम्: grace/favor
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक; देव + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-स्वभाव

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Devas (supplication to Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha-mandala (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, distressed, stand with folded hands before Mahādeva, pleading for the burning of the threat; Śiva is calm, luminous, the refuge of all.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Deveśa (Śiva)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) in Śiva and seeking his prasāda is presented as the highest recourse in overwhelming adversity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the verse is devotional and situational within the Revā Khaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a direct prayer requesting divine action and grace.