Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

इति ज्ञात्वा महाभागत्यक्त्वा शल्यानि कृत्स्नशः । भज रुद्रं वर्णधर्मं पालयास्मात्परं न हि

Transliteration

iti jñātvā mahābhāgatyaktvā śalyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ | bhaja rudraṃ varṇadharmaṃ pālayāsmātparaṃ na hi

Translation

Biết vậy rồi, hỡi người hữu phước, hãy nhổ bỏ mọi gai nhọn trong lòng không còn sót. Hãy thờ phụng Rudra và gìn giữ dharma đúng với bổn phận của mình—vì không có gì cao hơn điều ấy.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (ज्ञा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• mahābhāga: O fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् भागः यस्य/महाभागः)

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (त्यज्)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund)

• śalyāni: thorns/afflictions
• śalyāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śalya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• kṛtsnaśaḥ: entirely
• kṛtsnaśaḥ: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛtsnaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: wholly)

• bhaja: worship/serve
• bhaja: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhaj (भज्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• rudram: Rudra (Śiva)
• rudram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• varṇadharmam: the duty of one’s varṇa
• varṇadharmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वर्णस्य धर्मः)

• pālaya: protect/observe
• pālaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pāl (पाल्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asmāt: from this
• asmāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• param: afterwards/further
• param: Kāla/Prakāra (Thereafter/परम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: thereafter/further)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/for)

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to 'mahābhāga' (fortunate one)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous child-form sage instructs a devotee: thorns dissolve from the heart as Rudra’s presence rises; dharma is shown as a steady pillar.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remove inner afflictions, worship Rudra, and live by dharma; devotion and righteous duty are presented as the highest path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is praised in this verse; it stresses Rudra devotion and dharmic living.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhajana/worship of Rudra is prescribed generally; no specific vrata, snāna, or dāna is detailed.