Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

समालिंग्य च संस्थाप्य रुद्रेण सहिता जगुः । अज्ञातविहिते पापे नास्ति वीरेंद्र कल्मषम्

Transliteration

samāliṃgya ca saṃsthāpya rudreṇa sahitā jaguḥ | ajñātavihite pāpe nāsti vīreṃdra kalmaṣam

Translation

พวกเขาโอบกอดเขาแล้วตั้งให้มั่นคง และพร้อมด้วยพระรุทระก็ขับร้องว่า: ‘โอ้เจ้าแห่งวีรชน บาปที่กระทำโดยไม่รู้ย่อมไม่เป็นมลทินแก่ท่าน’

Word by Word

• समालिङ्ग्य: having embraced
• समालिङ्ग्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-लिङ्ग् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकालक्रिया (prior action), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

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

• संस्थाप्य: having placed/established
• संस्थाप्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकालक्रिया (prior action), अव्ययभाव

• रुद्रेण: with Rudra
• रुद्रेण: Sahakari/Instrument (करण/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (singular)

• सहिता: accompanied/along with
• सहिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण (qualifying the subject)

• जगुः: they sang/chanted
• जगुः: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• अज्ञातविहिते: in (a sin) committed unknowingly
• अज्ञातविहिते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज्ञात + विहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—अज्ञातं (unknown) इति विहितम् (done/committed) यस्मिन् (locative)

• पापे: in sin
• पापे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• वीरेन्द्र: O lord of heroes
• वीरेन्द्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—वीराणाम् इन्द्रः (lord of heroes)

• कल्मषम्: stain/sin
• कल्मषम्: Karma/Predicate (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र ‘नास्ति … कल्मषम्’ इति वाक्ये प्रथमा (predicate nominative)

Speaker

The fourteen goddesses of Siddhāmbikā (in chorus), with Rudra present

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Siddhāmbikā
• Caturdaśa Devyaḥ
• Vīrendra (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Moral culpability is linked to intention; an unwitting wrong is treated differently from deliberate harm, and grace restores the repentant.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains the ocean-side tīrtha context; the emphasis is on divine presence (Rudra and Devīs) sanctifying the place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the ‘embracing and establishing’ symbolizes divine reinstatement and purification.