Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

रौद्रीं परमगायत्रीं शिवोपनिषदं तथा । यथा प्रतिरथं सूक्तं जप्त्वा मृत्युंजयं तथा

Transliteration

raudrīṃ paramagāyatrīṃ śivopaniṣadaṃ tathā | yathā pratirathaṃ sūktaṃ japtvā mṛtyuṃjayaṃ tathā

Translation

اس نے رَودری سُوکت، پرم گایتری اور شِو اُپنشد بھی دہرایا؛ اسی طرح پرتیرتھ سُوکت جپ کر کے مرتیونجَے منتر بھی پڑھا۔

Word by Word

• रौद्रीम्: Raudrī (hymn/vidyā)
• रौद्रीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौद्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परमगायत्रीम्: the supreme Gāyatrī
• परमगायत्रीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (परमा गायत्री)

• शिवोपनिषदम्: Śiva-Upaniṣad
• शिवोपनिषदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + उपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (उपनिषद्-शब्दः), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य उपनिषद्)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘also/likewise’)

• यथा: as/just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/उपमान-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative/illustrative: ‘as/according to’)

• प्रतिरथम्: Pratiratha (name/title)
• प्रतिरथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सूक्तम्: hymn (sūkta)
• सूक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जप्त्वा: having recited
• जप्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/अनन्तरक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having recited’

• मृत्युंजयम्: Mṛtyuñjaya (death-conquering mantra/name)
• मृत्युंजयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक) + जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मृत्योः जयः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘also/likewise’)

Speaker

Narrator in the Revā Khaṇḍa (contextual purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relating the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs japa with rudrākṣa mālā before a liṅga near a river; a subtle aura of protection surrounds him as storm-cloud hues (Raudrī) contrast with the calm of the water.

Characters & Entities

• Raudrī
• Paramagāyatrī
• Śiva Upaniṣad
• Pratiratha-sūkta
• Mṛtyuñjaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-japa centered on Rudra/Śiva—especially Mṛtyuñjaya—is presented as a dharmic means of protection and victory over fear and mortality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape, where Śaiva mantra practice is framed as especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa/recitation of Raudrī, (supreme) Gāyatrī, Śiva-Upaniṣad, Pratiratha-sūkta, and the Mṛtyuñjaya mantra.