Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

तस्मादनंगस्य महान्क्रोधो हि बलवत्तरः । ईश्वरं मदनेनैवं मोहितं वीक्ष्य माधवः

Transliteration

tasmādanaṃgasya mahānkrodho hi balavattaraḥ | īśvaraṃ madanenaivaṃ mohitaṃ vīkṣya mādhavaḥ

Translation

Darum wurde Anaṅgas großer Zorn noch gewaltiger. Als Mādhava (Viṣṇu) sah, wie der Herr so von Madana betört war…

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative nuance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभावप्रायः (ablatival adverb: ‘therefore/from that’); मूलतः पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपम्

• अनङ्गस्य: of Ananga (Kāma)
• अनङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘क्रोधः’)

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

• हि: indeed
• हि: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• बलवत्तरः: stronger
• बलवत्तरः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-रूप (comparative: stronger)

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord (Śiva)
• ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• मदनेन: by Madana (Kāma)
• मदनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus)

• मोहितम्: deluded/enchanted
• मोहितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘ईश्वरम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वीक्ष्य: having seen
• वीक्ष्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Gerundial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष्/विक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having seen’

• माधवः: Mādhava (Viṣṇu)
• माधवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Anaṅga’s wrath intensifies like a storm; Īśvara is shown momentarily ‘mohita’ (bewildered) in līlā, while Mādhava (Viṣṇu) observes with concern, poised to act—set against dramatic Himalayan skies.

Characters & Entities

• Anaṅga
• Madana
• Īśvara
• Śiva
• Mādhava
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic narrative uses dramatic turns—anger and delusion—to teach the consequences of desire and the need for restoring dharmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra remains the chapter’s sacred setting, though the verse focuses on the divine episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.