Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 178

Devanagari script

एवंविधेन यज्ञेन यजाम्यस्मि तमीश्वरम् । अकामयानस्य च सर्वकामो भवेदद्विषाणस्य च सर्वदोषः

Transliteration

evaṃvidhena yajñena yajāmyasmi tamīśvaram | akāmayānasya ca sarvakāmo bhavedadviṣāṇasya ca sarvadoṣaḥ

Translation

Durch ein solches Opfer (yajña) verehre ich jenen Herrn. Wer frei von Begehren ist, dem werden alle Ziele erfüllt; und wer ohne Hass ist, dem werden alle Fehler getilgt.

Word by Word

• evaṃvidhena: by such a kind (of)
• evaṃvidhena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evaṃvidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (एवं + विध), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; (यज्ञेन इति विशेषणम्)

• yajñena: by sacrifice
• yajñena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• yajāmi: I worship/sacrifice
• yajāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yaj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tam: that (him)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• īśvaram: the Lord
• īśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• akāmayānasya: of one who is without desire
• akāmayānasya: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kāmayāna (प्रातिपदिक; kāmayāna from √kam)
• Form: नञ्-समास/उपसर्गयुक्त-विशेषण (a-), पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarva-kāmaḥ: all desires (or: one with all desires fulfilled)
• sarva-kāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वे कामाः यस्य/सर्वकामः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• adviṣāṇasya: of one who is non-hating (free from enmity)
• adviṣāṇasya: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-dviṣāṇa (प्रातिपदिक; dviṣāṇa from √dviṣ)
• Form: नञ्-विशेषण (a-), पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarva-doṣaḥ: all faults (collectively)
• sarva-doṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वे दोषाः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

A spiritually realized son (speaker not named in the snippet; Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs an inner sacrifice before a subtle liṅga/īśvara presence; two radiant emblems hover—one labeled ‘akāma’ (desirelessness) granting boons, another ‘adveṣa’ washing away dark stains.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desirelessness and non-hatred are presented as the highest purifiers, making worship fruitful and dissolving faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse is a dharma-teaching on inner disposition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship through an ‘inner yajña’ characterized by akāma (absence of craving) and adveṣa (absence of hatred).