Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अभयस्य प्रदाताऽसावुत्तानस्तु करस्ततः । एषा भार्या जगद्भर्तुर्वृषांकस्य महीधर

Transliteration

abhayasya pradātā'sāvuttānastu karastataḥ | eṣā bhāryā jagadbharturvṛṣāṃkasya mahīdhara

Translation

پس وہ بلند کیا ہوا ہاتھ بےخوفی عطا کرنے والا ہے۔ اے زمین کو تھامنے والے پہاڑ! یہ جگت کے بھرتا وِرشاںک (بیل کے نشان والے شیو) کی اہلیہ ہے۔

Word by Word

• अभयस्य: of fearlessness; of protection
• अभयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• प्रदाता: giver
• प्रदाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु) → pradātṛ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (तृ-प्रत्यय, agent noun); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• असौ: that (one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उत्तानः: outstretched
• उत्तानः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (outstretched/raised)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विभेदसूचक निपात (but/indeed)

• करः: hand
• करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ततः: thereupon/from that
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (from that/thereupon)

• एषा: this (woman)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जगद्भर्तुः: of the lord of the world
• जगद्भर्तुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat + bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वृषांकस्य: of Vṛṣāṅka (Śiva)
• वृषांकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa + aṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय/उपपद-समासार्थ: ‘whose lap/mark is the bull’); पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• महीधर: O mountain
• महीधर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīdhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (vocative) एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; ‘earth-holder’ (mountain)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (Devī–Śiva vivāha-bhūmi motif)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Himālaya (Mahīdhara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator points to Devī’s upraised palm as the explicit ‘abhaya’ gesture, proclaiming her as Śiva’s consort—wife of Vṛṣāṅka—before the mountain-king Himālaya.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Pārvatī
• Śiva (Vṛṣāṅka)
• Himālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the Divine Mother and Śiva removes fear; their grace is protection (abhaya) for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse explains the spiritual meaning of an auspicious hand-gesture (abhaya).