Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

मदनं च तथा दग्ध्वा त्यक्त्वा तं पर्वतं रुषा । हिमवंताभिधं सद्यस्तिरोधानगतोऽभवत्

Transliteration

madanaṃ ca tathā dagdhvā tyaktvā taṃ parvataṃ ruṣā | himavaṃtābhidhaṃ sadyastirodhānagato'bhavat

Translation

Nachdem er so Madana verbrannt und jenen Berg im Zorn verlassen hatte, verschwand er sogleich und ging in Verborgenheit auf dem Berge namens Himavant.

Word by Word

• मदनम्: Madana (Kāma)
• मदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थ-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

• दग्ध्वा: having burnt
• दग्ध्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having done earlier)

• त्यक्त्वा: having left/abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), पूर्वकाल

• तम्: that
• तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पर्वतम्)

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रुषा: with anger/in wrath
• रुषा: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुष्/रुषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हिमवत्: Himavat (Himalaya)
• हिमवत्: Sambandha (Determinant/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण (in compound)

• आभिधम्: named/called
• आभिधम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आभिध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पर्वतम्) ‘named/called’

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (immediately)

• तिरोधानगतः: gone into concealment/withdrawn
• तिरोधानगतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिरोधान (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (गम् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (सः/हरः); समासः तिरोधान + गत (gone into concealment)

• अभवत्: became/was
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (deductively: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himavant (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāma lies reduced to ash; Śiva, still wrathful, turns away from the mountain and vanishes—space itself swallowing his form as the Himalaya stands silent.

Characters & Entities

• Madana (Kāma)
• Śiva
• Himavant (Himalaya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine acts of correction may be followed by withdrawal (tirodhāna), teaching that grace and presence are not mechanically available without inner readiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Himavant (the Himalayan realm) is invoked as a sanctified divine abode; the broader frame remains Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Himalayan tīrtha culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.