Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

सर्वे शृणुत भद्रं वो राजानो ये च देहिनः । शिवपूजामृते नान्या गतिरस्ति शरीरिणाम

Transliteration

sarve śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vo rājāno ye ca dehinaḥ | śivapūjāmṛte nānyā gatirasti śarīriṇāma

Translation

诸位请听——愿你们得吉祥——诸王以及一切具身众生：除礼敬湿婆（Śiva）之外，凡有身者别无真实归依与正道。

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all (of you)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronoun/adjectival)

• शृणुत: hear, listen
• शृणुत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• भद्रम्: auspiciousness, welfare
• भद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थक (auspiciousness)

• वः: of you / for you
• वः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) बहुवचन (enclitic); ‘of you/for you’

• राजानः: O kings
• राजानः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

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

• देहिनः: embodied beings
• देहिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• शिवपूजामृते: apart from the nectar of Śiva-worship
• शिवपूजामृते: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-पूजा-अमृत (प्रातिपदिक); शिव + पूजा + अमृत
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; ‘शिवपूजायाः अमृतम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः, तस्मात् (ablative)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• अन्या: another (way)
• अन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गतिः: path, refuge
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शरीरिणाम्: of embodied beings
• शरीरिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

Speaker

Hanūmān

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājānaḥ (kings) and all embodied beings (general audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator addresses assembled kings and beings, raising a hand in instruction; behind, a serene Śiva-liṅga with bilva leaves symbolizes the sole refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmān
• Śiva
• Rājānaḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-pūjā is proclaimed as the foremost spiritual refuge and the decisive path for embodied beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is doctrinal rather than geographic; the chapter’s frame glorifies Pradoṣa worship associated with Maṇḍavā-saras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā (worship of Śiva) as the essential practice for spiritual welfare and ultimate good.