Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

परशुं बालहरिणं करैरभयविश्रमौ । दधानः पुरुषोऽवादीत्पुत्रावावामिति प्रभुः

Transliteration

paraśuṃ bālahariṇaṃ karairabhayaviśramau | dadhānaḥ puruṣo'vādītputrāvāvāmiti prabhuḥ

Translation

ทรงถือขวานและลูกกวางไว้ พร้อมแสดงมุทราแห่งความไร้ภัยและความสงบด้วยพระหัตถ์ พระผู้เป็นเจ้าปรากฏในรูปมนุษย์แล้วตรัสว่า: “เจ้าทั้งสองเป็นบุตรของเรา”

Word by Word

• परशुम्: axe
• परशुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• बालहरिणम्: a young deer
• बालहरिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक) + हरिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (बालः हरिणः)

• करैः: with (his) hands
• करैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• अभयविश्रमौ: fearlessness and repose
• अभयविश्रमौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभय (प्रातिपदिक) + विश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (अभयः च विश्रमः च)

• दधानः: bearing
• दधानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘bearing/holding’

• पुरुषः: the person
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अवादीत्: said
• अवादीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पुत्रौ: (you) two sons
• पुत्रौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• आवाम्: we two
• आवाम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; ‘we two’

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-marker (Quotation/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from Aruṇācalamāhātmya context within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva stands in human form, holding an axe and a young deer; one hand offers abhaya, another conveys calm repose; He speaks tenderly to the two devotees, calling them His sons.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord approaches devotees in an accessible form and grants assurance—fearlessness and shelter are signs of divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala (Arunachala), celebrated as a supreme Śaiva sacred landscape in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes darśana (divine vision) and the Lord’s protective boon.