Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

अन्यैः प्राणिभिरेवात्र तपसे धीयतां मनः । कामक्रोधविहीनं च जगत्सर्वं मया कृतम्

Transliteration

anyaiḥ prāṇibhirevātra tapase dhīyatāṃ manaḥ | kāmakrodhavihīnaṃ ca jagatsarvaṃ mayā kṛtam

Translation

Hier sollen die anderen Wesen ihren Geist auf Tapas, die Askese, richten. Denn ich habe die ganze Welt frei von Begehren und Zorn gestaltet.

Word by Word

• anyaiḥ: by other
• anyaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (प्राणिभिः)

• prāṇibhiḥ: by living beings
• prāṇibhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Agent in passive/imperative passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle 'indeed/only')

• atra: here
• atra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb 'here')

• tapase: for austerity, for penance
• tapase: Sampradāna (for austerity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dhīyatām: let (it) be fixed/placed
• dhīyatām: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhā (धा धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative: 'let it be placed/fixed')

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karma (कर्म/Object in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kāmakrodhavihīnam: free from desire and anger
• kāmakrodhavihīnam: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma + krodha + vihīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (जगत्/सर्वम्); तत्पुरुष (कामा-क्रोधाभ्यां विहीनम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karma (कर्म/Object, with kṛtam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarvam: all, entire
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (जगत्)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛtam: made, created
• kṛtam: Kriyā (predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (made/created)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṃbhu/Mahādeva) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Beings addressed generally; immediate audience is the assembled devas/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm exhortation: beings are urged to set the mind on tapas; the cosmos is envisioned as purified of desire and anger—Śiva as cosmic architect of serenity.

Characters & Entities

• Tapas
• Kāma
• Krodha
• All beings (prāṇin)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas and inner discipline are the means to transcend desire and anger, aligning life with the divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context connects the teaching to the Kedāra pilgrimage sphere, where tapas is a central virtue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity/discipline) is recommended as the practice—an inward sādhana rather than an external rite.