Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

कामिनीनां कृते येषां क्षीयते गणनात्र का । एवं बहुविधं कामी चिंतयन्नाह भीमभूः

Transliteration

kāminīnāṃ kṛte yeṣāṃ kṣīyate gaṇanātra kā | evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ kāmī ciṃtayannāha bhīmabhūḥ

Translation

“For the sake of women, when men waste away—what counting can there be of such cases?” Thus, thinking in many ways, the love-struck Bhīmabhū spoke.

Word by Word

• कामिनीनाम्: of women in love
• कामिनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• कृते: for (the sake of)
• कृते: Nimitta/Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; हेतु/निमित्ते (for the sake of)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (of whom/whose)

• क्षीयते: diminishes
• क्षीयते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षी (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• गणना: counting, enumeration
• गणना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गणना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• का: what (use)?
• का: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम (interrogative)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• बहुविधम्: of many kinds
• बहुविधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (बहवो विधाः यस्य = of many kinds)

• कामि: the lover
• कामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• चिन्तयन्: thinking
• चिन्तयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्तय् (चिन्त् धातु, शतृ-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle: thinking)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु; परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (said)

• भीमभूः: the terrible one (epithet)
• भीमभूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक) + भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समासः (भीमा भूः यस्य = he whose nature/being is terrible)

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Bhīmabhū’s speech after his reflections)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhīmabhū, overwhelmed by love, speaks after spiraling thoughts—his posture animated, hands gesturing as he universalizes the plight of lovers.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmabhū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse highlights the widespread suffering caused by uncontrolled desire, preparing a moral frame for the ensuing dialogue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.