Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

सोऽपि मोह परित्यज्य तथा कात्यायनोऽभवत्

Transliteration

so'pi moha parityajya tathā kātyāyano'bhavat

Translation

Auch er gab die Verblendung auf und wurde so ein wahrer Nachfolger in der Linie Kātyāyanas.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: ‘also/even’)

• मोहम्: delusion
• मोहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परित्यज्य: having renounced
• परित्यज्य: Kriya (क्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having abandoned’

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb): ‘thus/in that manner’

• कात्यायनः: Kātyāyana
• कात्यायनः: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कात्यायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; narrative continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A figure previously deluded now casts off a veil of confusion and approaches a sage/teacher associated with Kātyāyana; the moment is quiet, decisive, and transformative.

Characters & Entities

• Kātyāyana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual progress begins with moha-tyāga—giving up delusion and aligning with a disciplined dharmic lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this transition verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act; it indicates inner renunciation (parityāga of moha).