Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

घोराद्घोरं प्रपन्नापि महाक्लेशं भयानकम् । शिवपूजाप्रभावेण तरिष्यसि महद्भयम्

Transliteration

ghorādghoraṃ prapannāpi mahākleśaṃ bhayānakam | śivapūjāprabhāveṇa tariṣyasi mahadbhayam

Translation

اگرچہ تم نہایت ہولناک حالت میں دھکیل دیے جاؤ، بڑے کرب اور خوفناک رنج میں بھی پڑ جاؤ—شیو پوجا کے اثر سے تم اس عظیم خوف سے پار ہو جاؤ گے۔

Word by Word

• घोरात्: from the terrible
• घोरात्: Apadana (Source/From/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भानुसार), पञ्चमी (अपादान/5th case), एकवचन — Ablative singular

• घोरम्: a terrible (thing/state)
• घोरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• प्रपन्ना: having resorted to, having taken refuge
• प्रपन्ना: Karta-anvayi (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र√पद्/प्र√पन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle, feminine nominative singular

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive: even/although)

• महाक्लेशम्: great suffering
• महाक्लेशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• भयानकम्: frightful
• भयानकम्: Karman-anvayi (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयानक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular (agreeing with महाक्लेशम्)

• शिवपूजाप्रभावेण: by the power of Śiva-worship
• शिवपूजाप्रभावेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + पूजा + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd case), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• तरिष्यसि: you will cross over, you will overcome
• तरिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 2nd person singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karman-anvayi (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular (agreeing with भयम्)

• भयम्: fear, danger
• भयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (didactic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A sīmāntinī (married woman)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A frightened devotee in a dark, threatening landscape (forest, storm, battlefield of the mind) turning toward a radiant Śiva-liṅga or Śiva’s compassionate form; fear dissolves into light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames Śiva-bhakti as transformative power that carries a devotee through fear and suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; it highlights the general prabhāva (efficacy) of Śiva-pūjā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā is prescribed as the means to overcome great fear and distress.