Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

ऋषिभ्यो दत्त मद्यैव यावत्सत्ता हि तस्य वै । स्वसत्तायां महत्यां च स्वसत्ता ये भवंति च

Transliteration

ṛṣibhyo datta madyaiva yāvatsattā hi tasya vai | svasattāyāṃ mahatyāṃ ca svasattā ye bhavaṃti ca

Translation

«لقد منحته أنا نفسي للريشيين ما دامت قوته ومقامه ثابتين حقًّا. وضمن مقامه العظيم، فإن الذين يقومون على مقامهم الحقّ بذواتهم يبقون آمنين ثابتين.»

Word by Word

• ṛṣibhyaḥ: to the sages
• ṛṣibhyaḥ: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन; सम्प्रदान (to sages)

• dattam: given
• dattam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु) → datta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (अत्र ‘दत्तम्’ = ‘given’)

• madya: wine, liquor
• madya: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• yāvat-sattā: as long as (his) existence lasts
• yāvat-sattā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + sattā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समास (यावत् = यावदवधि)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुबोधक/निश्चयार्थक निपात (particle)

• tasya: of him, his
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vai: indeed, surely
• vai: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक निपात (particle)

• sva-sattāyām: in (their) own existence
• sva-sattāyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + sattā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य सत्ता)

• mahatyām: great
• mahatyām: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषण (सत्तायाम्)

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

• sva-sattā: one’s own existence
• sva-sattā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + sattā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• ye: who, those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• bhavanti: are, become
• bhavanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

Speaker

Bṛhaspati (contextual continuation of Guru’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati explains that offerings were given to ṛṣis while the donor’s power endured; ṛṣis sit in a calm assembly receiving gifts; a subtle aura indicates dharmic ‘standing’ as a pillar supporting the world.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Bṛhaspati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and status endure only when aligned with dharma; rightful standing (sva-sattā) protects and stabilizes one’s position.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly named in this verse; it belongs to Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s larger sacred-geography frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly references dāna to Ṛṣis; no concrete ritual steps are stated here.