Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

यत्त्वयात्र महातीर्थे भृशमाराधितो द्विज । तेनाति तुष्टस्ते वत्स नेशः कालः कथंचन

Transliteration

yattvayātra mahātīrthe bhṛśamārādhito dvija | tenāti tuṣṭaste vatsa neśaḥ kālaḥ kathaṃcana

Translation

اے دِوِج! اس مہاتیرتھ میں تُو نے نہایت شدتِ عقیدت سے میری آرادھنا کی؛ اسی سبب، اے پیارے بچے، میں تجھ پر بےحد خوش ہوں۔ اب کبھی بھی کال (وقت/موت) کسی طرح تجھ پر غالب نہ آئے گا۔

Word by Word

• यत्: because/that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• महातीर्थे: at the great pilgrimage-place
• महातीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः

• भृशम्: greatly
• भृशम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (intensifier adverb)

• आराधितः: worshipped
• आराधितः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + √राध् (धातु) → आराधित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (worshipped)

• द्विज: O brāhmaṇa
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• अति: very/exceedingly
• अति: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/निपात (intensifier)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √तुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (pleased)

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन (enclitic)

• वत्स: O dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• ईशः: the Lord
• ईशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• कालः: Time (as death)
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• कथंचन: in any way
• कथंचन: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in any way/at all)

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva), speaking to a dvija devotee

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahātīrtha (name not provided in excerpt)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, radiant, addresses the kneeling brāhmaṇa at the mahātīrtha; behind them a sacred waterbody or ford glows, and a shadowy figure of Kāla recedes, symbolizing Time’s loss of power.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mahātīrtha
• Kāla (Time/Death)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intense worship at a sacred tirtha yields Śiva’s direct grace, granting fearlessness and transcendence over the tyranny of time and death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It is described as a ‘mahātīrtha’ (great pilgrimage ford) within this chapter’s setting; the name is not given in the provided excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (earnest worship/propitiation) performed ‘here at the mahātīrtha’ is highlighted as the effective practice.