Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

मदनोयं समायातः सुराणां कार्यसिद्धये । तस्मात्त्वया रक्षणीय उपकारः परो हि नः

Transliteration

madanoyaṃ samāyātaḥ surāṇāṃ kāryasiddhaye | tasmāttvayā rakṣaṇīya upakāraḥ paro hi naḥ

Translation

This Madana has come for the fulfillment of the gods’ purpose. Therefore he should be protected by you, for his help is of the highest value to us.

Word by Word

• madanaḥ: Madana (Kāma)
• madanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• samāyātaḥ: has come, arrived
• samāyātaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√yā (धाातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘has come/arrived’

• surāṇām: of the gods
• surāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• kārya-siddhaye: for the accomplishment of the task
• kārya-siddhaye: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कार्यस्य सिद्धिः)

• tasmāt: therefore, from that (reason)
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• rakṣaṇīyaḥ: to be protected
• rakṣaṇīyaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √rakṣ (धातु) + anīya (अनीयर्)
• Form: विधेय-विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तव्य/योग्य (gerundive: ‘to be protected’)

• upakāraḥ: favor, help
• upakāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• paraḥ: supreme, great
• paraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying upakāraḥ)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-प्रदर्शक

• naḥ: of us, our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचनस्य/द्विवचनस्य रूपम् (enclitic); ‘of us/our’

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, anxious for their mission, stand before Mahādeva in a Himalayan Kedāra setting, pleading that Madana (Kāma) be protected for the success of divine purpose.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmadeva (Madana)
• Devas
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even powerful forces like desire have a dharmic role when aligned with a higher divine purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śaiva setting; the verse itself is not a tīrtha-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request for protection within the mythic dialogue.