Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मानं परित्यज्य क्रोधं च दुरवग्रहम् । स्वस्था भव विमर्शेन तत्त्वबुद्ध्या स्थिरा भव

Transliteration

tasmānmānaṃ parityajya krodhaṃ ca duravagraham | svasthā bhava vimarśena tattvabuddhyā sthirā bhava

Translation

Darum gib Hochmut und den schwer zu zügelnden Zorn auf. Durch besonnenes Nachsinnen werde innerlich gefestigt; mit Einsicht in die Wahrheit stehe unerschütterlich gegründet.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययप्रयोगः), अपादानार्थे (ablatival sense: 'therefore/from that')

• मानम्: pride, self-respect (here: pride)
• मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) + परि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), 'having abandoned'

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दुरवग्रहम्: hard to restrain / difficult to check
• दुरवग्रहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + अवग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (क्रोधस्य)

• स्वस्था: composed, self-possessed
• स्वस्था: Kartṛ (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (त्वम्-लक्षितस्य)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• विमर्शेन: by reflection, through deliberation
• विमर्शेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• तत्त्वबुद्ध्या: by true understanding / by knowledge of reality
• तत्त्वबुद्ध्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; (तत्त्वस्य बुद्धिः)

• स्थिरा: steady, firm
• स्थिरा: Kartṛ (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (त्वम्-लक्षितस्य)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced, Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-like figure admonishes a devotee in the Himalayan Kedāra setting: abandon pride and anger; the devotee sits composed, eyes lowered, in reflective steadiness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual progress requires mastery over pride and anger, cultivated through discernment and truth-oriented understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra (Kedarnath) is the larger tīrtha context in Kedāra Khaṇḍa, where inner discipline heightens the fruit of pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse prescribes an inner discipline—abandoning māna and krodha—rather than an external rite.