Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

गणोऽहमीश्वरस्यैव दुर्विनीततरो युवाम् । निरोधमेवं कुरुतं भगवंतावनुग्रहम्

Transliteration

gaṇo'hamīśvarasyaiva durvinītataro yuvām | nirodhamevaṃ kurutaṃ bhagavaṃtāvanugraham

Translation

«إنني حقًّا من غَنا (gaṇa) الإله إيشڤرا، غير أنني صرت شديدَ سوءِ الأدب وقلةِ الانضباط. أيها الزوجان الموقَّران، تفضّلا عليّ بالنعمة—اكبحا هذا الذنب على هذا النحو».

Word by Word

• गणः: an attendant (gaṇa)
• गणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ईश्वरस्य: of the Lord
• ईश्वरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• दुर्विनीततरः: more ill-behaved
• दुर्विनीततरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विनीत (कृदन्त, √नी) + तर (तद्धित-तुलनार्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative) ‘more ill-disciplined’

• युवाम्: you two
• युवाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन; ‘you two’

• निरोधम्: restraint, checking
• निरोधम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• कुरुतम्: do (you two)
• कुरुतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• भगवन्तौ: O venerable couple
• भगवन्तौ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), द्विवचन; ‘O venerable ones’

• अनुग्रहम्: favor, grace
• अनुग्रहम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (first-person; the offender addressing the couple)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The ascetic husband and wife.

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gaṇa, marked by Śaiva insignia, kneels before an ascetic couple, confessing his ill-discipline and pleading for their restraining grace; the couple’s faces soften with measured compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even one associated with the divine (a gaṇa) must practice discipline; true recovery begins by admitting fault and seeking corrective grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; it highlights nirodha (restraint) and seeking anugraha (blessing) through humility.