Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

यः शंभुरुच्यते लोके भिक्षुको भिक्षुकप्रियः । यदि मे ह्यनृतं प्रोक्तं तदा कोप इहोचितः

Transliteration

yaḥ śaṃbhurucyate loke bhikṣuko bhikṣukapriyaḥ | yadi me hyanṛtaṃ proktaṃ tadā kopa ihocitaḥ

Translation

Śambhu—der in der Welt als Bettler gilt, den Bettler lieben—wenn ich Unwahrheit gesprochen habe, dann wäre Zorn hier wahrlich gerechtfertigt.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• śaṃbhuḥ: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śaṃbhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• bhikṣukaḥ: a beggar
• bhikṣukaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhikṣuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhikṣuka-priyaḥ: dear to beggars
• bhikṣuka-priyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhikṣuka (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘भिक्षुकस्य प्रियः’

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• me: my / of me
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th) एकवचन; (enclitic)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/indeed)

• anṛtam: falsehood
• anṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• proktam: spoken
• proktam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vac (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/uttered’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• kopaḥ: anger
• kopaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• ucitaḥ: appropriate
• ucitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ucita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे-प्रयुक्त विशेषण ‘युक्त/उचित’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee or speaker invokes Śambhu as the world-known beggar, appealing to truth; Śiva appears as an austere bhikṣu with skull-bowl, matted locks, and calm gaze, while onlookers hold back anger pending the truth.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu
• Sadāśiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger is only defensible when responding to untruth; otherwise one should remain composed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Kedārakhaṇḍa (Kedāra sacred landscape), but the focus here is on Śiva’s epithet and ethical speech.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is mentioned.