Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

यूयं समाधिना तेन मदनेन च विस्मृतम् । कामो हि नरकायैव तस्मात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते

Transliteration

yūyaṃ samādhinā tena madanena ca vismṛtam | kāmo hi narakāyaiva tasmātkrodho'bhijāyate

Translation

Durch jenes Samādhi habt ihr Madana (den Gott der Begierde) vergessen. Denn Begehren (kāma) führt nur zur Hölle; daraus entsteht Zorn.

Word by Word

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्य), प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; 2nd person pronoun

• समाधिना: by meditation, through samādhi
• समाधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भाव

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (समाधिना इति)

• मदनेन: by Cupid (Madana)
• मदनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भाव

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विस्मृतम्: forgotten
• विस्मृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मृत (कृदन्त; वि + √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; implied ‘(किम्) विस्मृतम्’

• कामः: desire, lust
• कामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक

• नरकाय: for hell
• नरकाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Goal/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन; प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थक

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; अपादानार्थे (ablative sense)

• क्रोधः: anger
• क्रोधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• अभिजायते: arises, is born
• अभिजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Sūta narrating; instruction attributed to Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s teaching moment: devas/ascetics attentive; a symbolic fading of Madana (Kāma) as samādhi radiance rises—suggesting desire dissolving into stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Samādhi
• Madana (Kāma)
• Krodha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Samādhi and inner recollection subdue desire; unchecked kāma becomes the seed of krodha and suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra setting is implicit via Kedārakhaṇḍa, but the verse teaches universal dharma rather than extolling a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual; it prescribes inner practice—samādhi and restraint of desire.