Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

रक्षरक्ष महाविष्णो शरणागतवत्सल । त्वया ततमिदं सर्वं जंगमाजंगमं च यत्

Transliteration

rakṣarakṣa mahāviṣṇo śaraṇāgatavatsala | tvayā tatamidaṃ sarvaṃ jaṃgamājaṃgamaṃ ca yat

Translation

ہماری حفاظت فرما، حفاظت فرما، اے مہا وِشنو، اے پناہ لینے والوں کے مہربان! تیرے ہی سبب یہ سب کچھ محیط ہے—جو چلتا ہے اور جو ساکن ہے۔

Word by Word

• रक्ष: protect
• रक्ष: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• रक्ष: protect (again)
• रक्ष: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• महाविष्णो: O great Viṣṇu
• महाविष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—महान् + विष्णुः

• शरणागतवत्सल: O lover of those who seek refuge
• शरणागतवत्सल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरणागत + वत्सल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—शरणं आगतः (शरणागत) तस्य वत्सलः

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततम्: pervaded, spread
• ततम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तन् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); इदम्-विशेषणम्

• जंगमम्: the moving (beings)
• जंगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); द्वन्द्व-समुच्चयार्थे (paired with ajangama)

• अजंगमम्: the non-moving (things)
• अजंगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); नञ्-समास (negation)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Devas and Asuras (collective supplication within the narrative; introduced by prior verse ‘they praised’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas in distress fold hands and cry ‘rakṣa rakṣa’ to Mahāviṣṇu, while the cosmos—moving and unmoving—appears as His pervaded body.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāviṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) is presented as the sure path to protection, grounded in the Lord’s all-pervading nature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly glorified; the verse is a universal prayer embedded in Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is stated; the act here is stuti and supplication (prārthanā).