Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

त्वया कृतं महाबाहो इंद्रेण सह संगमम् । विश्वासो नैव कर्तव्यो दुर्हृदा च कथंचन

Transliteration

tvayā kṛtaṃ mahābāho iṃdreṇa saha saṃgamam | viśvāso naiva kartavyo durhṛdā ca kathaṃcana

Translation

يا ذا الساعد القوي، لقد عقدتَ حلفًا مع إندرا؛ ولكن لا ينبغي أبدًا أن يُوضَعَ الثقةُ في عدوٍّ خبيثِ القلب، بأيِّ وجهٍ كان.

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/त्रिलिङ्ग-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• कृतम्: done/made
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (कृञ्) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; (संगमम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—महान् बाहुः यस्य (O mighty-armed)

• इन्द्रेण: with Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Sahakari (Co-agent/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (postposition: with)

• संगमम्: meeting/alliance
• संगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विश्वासः: trust
• विश्वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• एव: at all/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• कर्तव्यः: should be done/placed
• कर्तव्यः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (कृञ्) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory): to be done; (विश्वासः कर्तव्यः)

• दुर्हृदा: with an ill-wisher
• दुर्हृदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (instrumental: with an ill-wisher)

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

• कथंचन: in any way (ever)
• कथंचन: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-पर्याय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (in any way/ever)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating the Daitya counsel (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense counsel scene: a youthful Daitya chief warns Bali—gesturing toward an implied Indra—while Bali listens, stern and contemplative, surrounded by armed attendants and fluttering standards.

Characters & Entities

• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discernment (viveka) is part of dharma: alliances without inner transformation do not erase enmity; prudence protects one from downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred region frames the chapter, though this particular verse is nīti (counsel) within the war narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated here.