Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

निःस्तंभो हि सदा स्थाणुः कथं प्राप्स्यति तं पतिम् । मयोक्तं किं विशालाक्षि कस्मान्मे रुषिताऽधुना

Transliteration

niḥstaṃbho hi sadā sthāṇuḥ kathaṃ prāpsyati taṃ patim | mayoktaṃ kiṃ viśālākṣi kasmānme ruṣitā'dhunā

Translation

Sthāṇu ist immer ohne Stütze — wie sollte sie ihn zum Gemahl erlangen? O Weitblickende, was habe ich gesagt, dass du mir jetzt zürnst?

Word by Word

• निःस्तम्भः: without support/pillar
• निःस्तम्भः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः-स्तम्भ (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग+प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘स्थाणुः’ इत्यस्य

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/particle; अवधानार्थ/हेतौ (indeed/for)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• स्थाणुः: Śiva (the immovable one)
• स्थाणुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (Question/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• प्राप्स्यति: will attain/obtain
• प्राप्स्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘पतिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• पतिम्: lord/husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana/Agent-in-passive (Instrument/कर्ता-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• उक्तम्: said/spoken
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘किं’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma/Predicate (Object or complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• विशालाक्षि: O wide-eyed one
• विशालाक्षि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल-अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• कस्मात्: from what cause?/why
• कस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• मे: of me/to me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (enclitic)

• रुषिता: angered
• रुषिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भावे कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे ‘त्वम्’ (implicit)

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker addresses a wide-eyed woman in a Himalayan hermitage setting near Kedāra; the mood is tense yet restrained, with Śiva (as Sthāṇu) implied as the unattainable, supportless ascetic ideal.

Characters & Entities

• Sthāṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Misunderstanding Śiva’s transcendence leads to conflict; one should inquire calmly rather than react in anger.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region is the textual setting, but this verse is not a direct site-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.