Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

रामेश्वर यमाराते कालकूटविषादन । इतीरयञ्जनो नित्यं न क्रोधेन प्रपीड्यते

Transliteration

rāmeśvara yamārāte kālakūṭaviṣādana | itīrayañjano nityaṃ na krodhena prapīḍyate

Translation

ผู้ใดเปล่งทุกวันว่า “โอ้ ราเมศวร ผู้เป็นศัตรูแห่งยมะ ผู้ขจัดพิษกาลกูฏะ” ผู้นั้นย่อมไม่ถูกความโกรธกดขี่

Word by Word

• रामेश्वर: O Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य ईश्वरः)

• यमाराते: O enemy of Yama
• यमाराते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमाराति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यमस्य अरातिः/शत्रुः)

• कालकूटविषादन: O destroyer of the Kālakūṭa poison
• कालकूटविषादन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालकूट + विषादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कालकूटस्य विषादनः/नाशकः)

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (उद्धरणसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक

• ईरयन्: uttering/reciting
• ईरयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईरय् (धातु, णिच्)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘ईरयति’ (causative: to utter/recite)

• जनः: a person
• जनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• क्रोधेन: by anger
• क्रोधेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण

• प्रपीड्यते: is oppressed/tormented
• प्रपीड्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि (passive)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara/Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Nīlakaṇṭha holding the cosmic poison in his throat, calm and compassionate; a devotee at Rāmeśvara chanting, while a red flame-like aura of anger around him cools into blue serenity.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara
• Yama
• Kālakūṭa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Invoking Śiva’s purifying power transforms inner poisons; anger is subdued through devotion and remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu-kṣetra, through the direct address “Rāmeśvara.”

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily utterance/recitation of these Śiva-epithets (nitya nāma-japa).