Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

रावमस्य भयादस्मात्त्रातुं भूयोर्हसि त्वरम्

Transliteration

rāvamasya bhayādasmāttrātuṃ bhūyorhasi tvaram

Translation

اس راون کے خوف سے ہمیں بچانے کے لیے آپ کو پھر ایک بار تیزی سے ہماری نجات کرنی چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• रावम्: Rāva (name) / the cry (context-dependent)
• रावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (अपादान/Ablative), एकवचन

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (अपादान/Ablative), एकवचन

• त्रातुम्: to protect; to save
• त्रातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: trā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; तुमुन् (Infinitive); प्रयोजनार्थ (for the purpose of protecting)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (again; once more)

• हसि: you laugh
• हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: has (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• त्वरम्: quickly; in haste
• त्वरम्: Sambandha (Adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (accusative of manner: 'quickly/in haste')

Speaker

Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas (or afflicted beings) in anxious assembly, hands raised in urgent supplication, the shadow of Rāvaṇa’s menace looming; a radiant divine presence implied as the hoped-for rescuer, set against austere Himalayan grandeur.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Mahāviṣṇu (implied)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In times of collective danger, the righteous seek divine refuge with urgency and humility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it occurs within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred-geography narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an urgent appeal for protection.