Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

इति प्रपन्नां शरणं द्विजांगनामाश्वास्य वाक्यैरमृतोपमानैः । उपादिदेशाथ तयोः कुमारयोर्मुनिः शिवाराधनमंत्र विद्याम्

Transliteration

iti prapannāṃ śaraṇaṃ dvijāṃganāmāśvāsya vākyairamṛtopamānaiḥ | upādideśātha tayoḥ kumārayormuniḥ śivārādhanamaṃtra vidyām

Translation

یوں پناہ لینے والی برہمن عورت کو امرت جیسے کلمات سے تسلی دے کر، مُنی نے پھر اُن دونوں کماروں کو شِو کی آرادھنا کی مقدس منتر-ودیا کی تعلیم دی۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative)

• प्रपन्नाम्: (her) who had surrendered
• प्रपन्नाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√pad (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle) ‘surrendered’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• शरणम्: as refuge
• शरणम्: Gati-karma (Goal/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular); क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as goal: as refuge)

• द्विज-अङ्गनाम्: the brahmin woman
• द्विज-अङ्गनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• आश्वास्य: having comforted
• आश्वास्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√śvas (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund); ‘having consoled’

• वाक्यैः: with words
• वाक्यैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• अमृत-उपमानैः: like nectar
• अमृत-उपमानैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + upamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Instrumental plural); विशेषण (of वाक्यैः)

• उपादिदेश: instructed/taught
• उपादिदेश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-ā-√diś (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; द्विवचन (Genitive dual)

• कुमारयोः: of the two boys
• कुमारयोः: Sambandha (Recipient relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; द्विवचन (Genitive dual)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• शिव-आराधन-मन्त्र-विद्याम्: the mantra-knowledge of worshipping Śiva
• शिव-आराधन-मन्त्र-विद्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + ārādhana (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular); समासः बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (Śiva-worship mantra-knowledge)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/ṛṣi (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage consoles the mother with nectar-like speech, then turns to the two boys and imparts Śiva-ārādhanā mantra-vidyā; a subtle aura suggests initiation.

Characters & Entities

• muni (Śāṇḍilya implied)
• Śiva
• dvijāṅganā (brāhmaṇa woman)
• two boys

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When refuge is taken with sincerity, the guru responds with compassion and gives a practical path—Śiva-upāsanā grounded in mantra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies Śiva worship as a universally accessible dharmic remedy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Instruction in śivārādhana-mantra-vidyā—formal guidance for worship of Śiva through mantra practice.