Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

ईश्वरांशाश्च ते सर्वे मोहिताः प्राकृतैर्गुणैः । क्लेशानासादयंत्येव यथैवाधिकृता विभोः

Transliteration

īśvarāṃśāśca te sarve mohitāḥ prākṛtairguṇaiḥ | kleśānāsādayaṃtyeva yathaivādhikṛtā vibhoḥ

Translation

সেই সকলো জীৱ ঈশ্বৰৰেই অংশ, তথাপি প্ৰকৃতিৰ গুণে মোহিত হয়; আৰু বিভুৰ বিধান অনুসাৰে নিশ্চিতভাৱে ক্লেশ ভোগ কৰে।

Word by Word

• īśvara-aṃśāḥ: parts/portions of the Lord
• īśvara-aṃśāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (īśvarasya aṃśāḥ = parts of the Lord)

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

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying te/īśvarāṃśāḥ)

• mohitāḥ: deluded
• mohitāḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muh (धातु) → mohita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘deluded’

• prākṛtaiḥ: by natural/material
• prākṛtaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prākṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying guṇaiḥ)

• guṇaiḥ: qualities (guṇas)
• guṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• kleśān: afflictions
• kleśān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kleśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• āsādayanti: they incur/bring upon (themselves)
• āsādayanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; causative sense in usage: ‘bring about/undergo/attain’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (comparative/‘as’)

• eva: just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• adhikṛtāḥ: appointed/subjected
• adhikṛtāḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhi-√kṛ (धातु) → adhikṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘appointed/commissioned/subjected’

• vibhoḥ: of the Lord (Vibhu)
• vibhoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Prakṛti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even as divine in essence, beings suffer when deluded by Prakṛti’s guṇas; freedom comes through turning toward Īśvara and purifying the guṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned; the verse emphasizes Shaiva metaphysics and the bondage of guṇas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the implied remedy is devotion and sāttvika purification aligned with the Lord’s order (īśvara-niyama).