Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

मोचितस्त्वं भयादस्मात्त्वं हि भक्तो हरेः सदा । पुष्करिण्यामहं त्वस्यां धर्मस्य मुनिपुंगव

Transliteration

mocitastvaṃ bhayādasmāttvaṃ hi bhakto hareḥ sadā | puṣkariṇyāmahaṃ tvasyāṃ dharmasya munipuṃgava

Translation

เจ้าพ้นจากความกลัวนี้แล้ว เพราะเจ้าเป็นสาวกของพระฮะริเสมอมา ดูก่อนยอดมุนี เราสถิตอยู่ในสระศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งธรรมะนี้

Word by Word

• मोचितः: freed; released
• मोचितः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (Emphatic particle)

• भक्तः: devotee
• भक्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √भज् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (Temporal adverb)

• पुष्करिण्याम्: in the lotus-pond
• पुष्करिण्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्करिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषसूचक निपात (Adversative/contrast particle)

• अस्याम्: in this
• अस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• धर्मस्य: of dharma; of righteousness
• धर्मस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुनिपुंगव: O best of sages
• मुनिपुंगव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bull among sages)

Speaker

Sudarśana

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharma-puṣkariṇī / Dharma-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gālava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the danger has passed, Gālava stands calm and grateful; Sudarśana declares him freed from fear due to Hari-bhakti and indicates his own residence in the Dharma-puṣkariṇī, whose waters gleam with sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Sudarśana
• Gālava
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Dharma (as tīrtha context)
• Puṣkariṇī (sacred tank)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion to Hari brings deliverance from fear, and tīrthas are affirmed as living centers of divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The puṣkariṇī (sacred tank) associated with Dharma-tīrtha in the Setu Māhātmya is highlighted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription is stated, but the mention of a puṣkariṇī implicitly supports tīrtha-snānā (sacred bathing) as a common purāṇic practice.