Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

एवंभूतेन रुद्रेण मोहितेयं कथं भवेत् । सभाग्यो हि पतिः स्त्रीणां सदा भाव्यो रतिप्रियः

Transliteration

evaṃbhūtena rudreṇa mohiteyaṃ kathaṃ bhavet | sabhāgyo hi patiḥ strīṇāṃ sadā bhāvyo ratipriyaḥ

Translation

Wie könnte sie von einem solchen Rudra betört sein? Denn ein Gatte soll wahrlich glückbegünstigt und den Frauen stets begehrenswert sein, einer, der an der Liebe Freude hat.

Word by Word

• evaṃbhūtena: by such (a one)
• evaṃbhūtena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evaṃ-bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘एवं भूतो’ (such as this)

• rudreṇa: by Rudra
• rudreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mohitā: deluded
• mohitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muh (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘deluded’

• iyam: this (woman)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• katham: how
• katham: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• bhavet: could be / would happen
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sa-bhāgyaḥ: fortunate
• sa-bhāgyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + bhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘सह भाग्येन’ → ‘भाग्यवान्’

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

• patiḥ: husband
• patiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• strīṇām: of women
• strīṇām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• bhāvyaḥ: to be / destined / should be
• bhāvyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थक (future/fit-to-be); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be/ought to be’

• rati-priyaḥ: fond of love/pleasure
• rati-priyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rati (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘रतेः प्रियः’

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group debates: ‘How could she love such Rudra?’—figures gesture in skepticism; in the background, Śiva sits in meditation, indifferent to praise/blame, while Devī’s devotion remains steady.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly notions of suitability (fortune, romance) can misjudge the divine; spiritual discernment sees beyond conventional desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa is the setting, but this verse is not a direct tīrtha-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.