Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

तेषां पुंस्त्वं हरिष्यामि महारौद्राधितिष्ठति । परिवारश्च मे चात्र षण्ढः सर्वो भविष्यति

Transliteration

teṣāṃ puṃstvaṃ hariṣyāmi mahāraudrādhitiṣṭhati | parivāraśca me cātra ṣaṇḍhaḥ sarvo bhaviṣyati

Translation

Ich werde ihnen die Manneskraft nehmen, denn ich verweile in großer Zornesglut (Mahāraudra). Und hier wird auch mein gesamtes Gefolge eunuchenhaft werden.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• पुंस्त्वम्: manhood, masculinity
• पुंस्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हरिष्यामि: I will take away
• हरिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Simple future, 1st person singular

• महारौद्र: in/with the great Raudra (fierce form/state)
• महारौद्र: Adhikarana (Location/state/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (नामरूप), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अधितिष्ठति इत्यस्य अधिकरणे); 'great Raudra (form/state)'

• अधितिष्ठति: presides, stands over
• अधितिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present, 3rd person singular

• परिवारः: retinue, attendants
• परिवारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 1st person pronoun, Genitive singular

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• षण्ढः: eunuch
• षण्ढः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्ढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वः: all, entire
• सर्वः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Simple future, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayatrāḍa (Mahāraudra-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity in Mahāraudra form—eyes blazing, aura like fire—pronounces a curse; offenders recoil; symbolic depiction of ‘puṃstva-haraṇa’ as a fading masculine emblem/energy rather than explicit anatomy; the retinue mirrors the transformation, underscoring totality of the decree.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāraudra (fierce state/form)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma warns that deliberate offense to a worship-worthy deity invites severe consequences; reverence safeguards spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The warning is situated within the Dharmāraṇya/Gayatrāḍa sacred geography of the chapter rather than naming a new tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No positive rite is prescribed; it is a niṣedha-style warning against provoking/offending the deity.