Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

शिवेति द्व्यक्षरं नाम महा पापप्रणाशनम् । येषां मुखोद्गतं नॄणां तैरिदं धार्यते जगत्

Transliteration

śiveti dvyakṣaraṃ nāma mahā pāpapraṇāśanam | yeṣāṃ mukhodgataṃ nṝṇāṃ tairidaṃ dhāryate jagat

Translation

’شیو‘—یہ دو حرفی نام بڑے بڑے گناہوں کو مٹانے والا ہے۔ جن انسانوں کے منہ سے یہ نکلتا ہے، انہی کے سہارے یہ جہان قائم ہے۔

Word by Word

• śiva: Śiva
• śiva: Viśeṣya (Quoted term/उद्धृत)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (उद्धृत-शब्दरूपेण)

• iti: thus
• iti: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• dvi-akṣaram: two-syllabled
• dvi-akṣaram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः: द्विगु

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• mahā: great
• mahā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• pāpa-praṇāśanam: destroyer of sin
• pāpa-praṇāśanam: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominal/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः: तत्पुरुष (pāpasya praṇāśanam)

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• mukha-udgatam: uttered from the mouth
• mukha-udgatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + udgata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: तत्पुरुष (mukhāt udgatam)

• nṝṇām: of men
• nṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Karaṇa (Means/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dhāryate: is sustained/borne
• dhāryate: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Śiva-nāma in Kedāra-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up devotional scene: a pilgrim’s lips utter ‘Śiva’; the syllables appear as luminous akṣaras supporting a miniature cosmos; background hints of Kedāra shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-nāma is intrinsically purifying; sincere utterance of ‘Śiva’ is portrayed as sustaining both devotee and world-order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the devotional backdrop where Śiva’s name and worship are magnified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-japa/utterance of ‘Śiva’ (the two-syllable name) as a direct means of destroying great sins.