Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

परं पाशुपतं योगं प्राप्य याति लयं मयि । पापात्मनां च मर्त्यानां सद्योऽस्मि फलदर्शकः

Transliteration

paraṃ pāśupataṃ yogaṃ prāpya yāti layaṃ mayi | pāpātmanāṃ ca martyānāṃ sadyo'smi phaladarśakaḥ

Translation

ครั้นบรรลุโยคะปาศุปตะอันสูงสุดแล้ว ย่อมหลอมรวมเข้าสู่เรา; และสำหรับปุถุชนผู้มีจิตบาป เราเป็นผู้ทำให้ผลปรากฏโดยฉับพลัน

Word by Word

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• पाशुपतम्: Pāśupata
• पाशुपतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाशुपत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• योगम्: yoga
• योगम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र√आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); having attained

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; goes

• लयम्: dissolution/absorption
• लयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 1st person pronoun, locative singular

• पापात्मनाम्: of sinful-souled (persons)
• पापात्मनाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (पापः आत्मा येषाम्) genitive plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मर्त्यानाम्: of mortals
• मर्त्यानाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; I am

• फलदर्शकः: one who shows the result
• फलदर्शकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल + दर्शक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (फलस्य दर्शकः) nominative singular

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from first-person divine voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The addressed interlocutor (‘son’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin in deep meditation before a liṅga; subtle light rises from the liṅga and merges into the yogin’s heart, depicting ‘laya in Me’; in the foreground, a contrite sinner offers water and receives immediate radiance/relief.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pāśupata Yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supreme Śaiva discipline culminates in union with Śiva, and sincere practice can yield swiftly manifest results even for those burdened by sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it emphasizes Śaiva yoga and immediate fruit rather than a location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse highlights attainment of Pāśupata Yoga and the doctrine of immediate fruition.