Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

मया तमसि उद्रेकादकाले शयनं कृतम् । प्रबोधाय परं ज्योतिः स्वयं दृष्टः सदाशिवः

Transliteration

mayā tamasi udrekādakāle śayanaṃ kṛtam | prabodhāya paraṃ jyotiḥ svayaṃ dṛṣṭaḥ sadāśivaḥ

Translation

‘เราถูกกระแสแห่งความมืดครอบงำ จึงหลับในกาลอันไม่ควร แต่เพื่อปลุกเรา แสงสว่างสูงสุด—พระสทาศิวะเอง—ได้ปรากฏให้เห็นโดยตรง’

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• तमसि: in darkness
• तमसि: Adhikarana (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative singular

• उद्रेकात्: due to excess/intensification
• उद्रेकात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्रेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; ablative singular

• अकाले: at an improper time
• अकाले: Adhikarana (Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative singular

• शयनम्: sleep / lying down
• शयनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; accusative singular

• कृतम्: was done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP used predicatively with शयनम्

• प्रबोधाय: for awakening
• प्रबोधाय: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रबोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; dative singular (purpose)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; agrees with ज्योतिः (sense: supreme light)

• ज्योतिः: light
• ज्योतिः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; accusative singular (object of ‘seen’)

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; emphatic/adverb ‘oneself’

• दृष्टः: was seen / (I) beheld
• दृष्टः: Kriya (Predicative: ‘was seen’/‘I saw’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; PPP used with implied ‘अहम्’ (I) as experiencer

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (Subject of nominal clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदाशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Ramāpati (Viṣṇu) — within Gautama’s narration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu admits he slept due to darkness; before him appears Sadāśiva as a pillar/field of supreme light, awakening him—an epiphany scene dominated by radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Ramāpati (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Awakening from ignorance is granted by direct encounter with the supreme Light—Sadāśiva—through grace and revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala is celebrated as the embodiment of ‘paraṃ jyotiḥ’ (supreme light), associated with transformative darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is given; the emphasis is on darśana of Sadāśiva as the cause of awakening.