Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

शिवेति द्व्यक्षरं नाम महा पापप्रणाशनम् । येषां मुखोद्गतं नॄणां तैरिदं धार्यते जगत्

Transliteration

śiveti dvyakṣaraṃ nāma mahā pāpapraṇāśanam | yeṣāṃ mukhodgataṃ nṝṇāṃ tairidaṃ dhāryate jagat

Translation

‘ศิวะ’—นามสองพยางค์นี้เป็นผู้ทำลายบาปใหญ่ ผู้ใดที่นามนี้เปล่งออกจากวาจา โลกนี้ย่อมดำรงอยู่ได้ด้วยผู้นั้น

Word by Word

• śiva: Śiva
• śiva: Viśeṣya (Quoted term/उद्धृत)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (उद्धृत-शब्दरूपेण)

• iti: thus
• iti: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• dvi-akṣaram: two-syllabled
• dvi-akṣaram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः: द्विगु

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• mahā: great
• mahā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• pāpa-praṇāśanam: destroyer of sin
• pāpa-praṇāśanam: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominal/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः: तत्पुरुष (pāpasya praṇāśanam)

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• mukha-udgatam: uttered from the mouth
• mukha-udgatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + udgata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: तत्पुरुष (mukhāt udgatam)

• nṝṇām: of men
• nṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Karaṇa (Means/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dhāryate: is sustained/borne
• dhāryate: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Śiva-nāma in Kedāra-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up devotional scene: a pilgrim’s lips utter ‘Śiva’; the syllables appear as luminous akṣaras supporting a miniature cosmos; background hints of Kedāra shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-nāma is intrinsically purifying; sincere utterance of ‘Śiva’ is portrayed as sustaining both devotee and world-order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the devotional backdrop where Śiva’s name and worship are magnified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-japa/utterance of ‘Śiva’ (the two-syllable name) as a direct means of destroying great sins.