Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76
Devanagari script
सैषाद्य तव पादाब्जं प्रपन्ना शरणं सती । इमां समुद्धरासह्यात्सुघोराद्दुःख सागरात्
Transliteration
saiṣādya tava pādābjaṃ prapannā śaraṇaṃ satī | imāṃ samuddharāsahyātsughorādduḥkha sāgarāt
Translation
因此今日她以至诚归依于尊者莲华之足；愿你将她从这难堪、极其可怖的忧苦大海中救拔出来。
Word by Word
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
एषाthis (same one)
एषा:
Karta (Apposition/कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समानाधिकरण (with सा)
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय
तवyour
तव:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
पादाब्जम्your lotus-feet
पादाब्जम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद + अब्ज (प्रातिपदिके)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पादानाम् अब्जम् = “lotus of the feet”)
प्रपन्नाhas surrendered, has sought refuge
प्रपन्ना:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√पद् (धातु) → प्रपन्न (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भूतकृदन्त (predicative: “has taken refuge/has surrendered”)
शरणम्refuge
शरणम्:
Karma (Object/complement/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (object/complement with प्रपन्ना)
सतीvirtuous, chaste
सती:
Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of सा)
इमाम्this (girl)
इमाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
समुद्धरlift out, rescue
समुद्धर:
Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-उद्-√हृ (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
असह्यात्from the unbearable
असह्यात्:
Apādāna-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of source/अपादानविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअसह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of सागरात्)
सुघोरात्from the very terrible
सुघोरात्:
Apādāna-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/अपादानविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of सागरात्)
दुःखof sorrow, suffering
दुःख:
Sambandha (Genitive relation within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासे पूर्वपद (with सागरात्)
सागरात्from the ocean
सागरात्:
Apādāna (Source/from which/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootसागर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दुःखस्य सागरः)
Speaker
The girl’s family/relatives addressing the sage (collective)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Śāradā prostrates at the sage’s lotus feet; the sage raises a hand in blessing; behind them, family members watch with hope; the sorrow-ocean is suggested symbolically (waves/darkness) fading into light.
Characters & Entities
L
lotus feet (pādābja)Ś
Śāradā (implied)D
duḥkha-sāgara (ocean of sorrow)FAQs
Śaraṇāgati—taking refuge in the holy—is presented as a potent means to cross the ocean of suffering through grace.
No specific tīrtha is named; the refuge is in the sage’s sanctity.
The act prescribed is surrender/refuge (śaraṇa-gamana) rather than a formal rite.