Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

भक्तो रुद्रो कृपावांश्च जंतुष्वेव हरव्रतः । तदेनं भूतमर्त्येषु द्रोग्धारं त्वं पिनाकिनः

Transliteration

bhakto rudro kṛpāvāṃśca jaṃtuṣveva haravrataḥ | tadenaṃ bhūtamartyeṣu drogdhāraṃ tvaṃ pinākinaḥ

Translation

Ein Geweihter Rudras ist mitfühlend und standhaft in Haras Gelübde, besonders gegenüber Lebewesen. Deshalb darfst du – o Träger des Pināka – diesen Verräter unter den Wesen und Sterblichen schlagen.

Word by Word

• bhaktaḥ: devoted
• bhaktaḥ: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• rudraḥ: Rudra
• rudraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• kṛpāvān: compassionate
• kṛpāvān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛpāvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

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

• jaṃtuṣu: among creatures
• jaṃtuṣu: Adhikarana (Sphere/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃtu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन

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

• hara-vrataḥ: one vowed to Hara; follower of Hara’s vow
• hara-vrataḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: ‘हरस्य व्रतम्/व्रती’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; निर्देश (reference)

• enam: this one; him
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: enad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• bhūta-martyeṣu: among beings and mortals
• bhūta-martyeṣu: Adhikarana (Among/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (itaretara): ‘भूताः च मर्त्याः’; पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन

• drogdhāram: the injurer; wrongdoer
• drogdhāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: drogdhar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Implied subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• pinākinaḥ: of Pinākin (Śiva)
• pinākinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pinākin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; ‘पिनाकिनः’ = पिनाकिनः (Śiva) का

Speaker

Viṣṇu (continuing instruction; vocative 'pinākinaḥ' addresses Śiva by epithet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda (and/or the addressed Pinākin figure within the scene)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu’s counsel culminates in a decisive moment: Skanda (or addressed Pinākin figure, depending on narrative staging) is urged to strike the treacherous one; compassion is shown as the motive, not rage.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Hara
• Pinākin (Śiva)
• Jantus (creatures)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion to Rudra is inseparable from compassion; harming beings contradicts Śiva’s dharmic vow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual; it highlights the ethical vow (vrata) of compassion associated with Hara.