Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

किं रे मूढ त्वया चाद्य कृतमस्ति बलादिदम् । न त्वया योद्धुमिच्छामि मानुषेणैव लज्जया

Transliteration

kiṃ re mūḍha tvayā cādya kṛtamasti balādidam | na tvayā yoddhumicchāmi mānuṣeṇaiva lajjayā

Translation

“What, you fool—what have you accomplished today by this show of strength? I do not even wish to fight with you, out of shame at battling a mere human.”

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• रे: O! (hey)
• रे: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• मूढ: fool
• मूढ: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana/Agent-in-passive (करण/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• कृतम्: done (deed)
• कृतम्: Karta (predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle used substantively); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• बलात्: by force, forcibly
• बलात्: Hetu/Apādāna (cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (idiomatic: forcibly)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana/Agent-in-passive (करण/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• योद्धुम्: to fight
• योद्धुम्: Karma (object of इच्छा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युध् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त infinitive; कर्मप्रवचनीय-रूपेण (object of इच्छा)

• इच्छामि: I wish/desire
• इच्छामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• मानुषेण: with a human
• मानुषेण: Sahakārī/Instrumental association
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle: only/indeed)

• लज्जया: out of shame
• लज्जया: Hetu (cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (as cause)

Speaker

Tāraka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tāraka, unhurt in demeanor, laughs and insults Mucukunda as a ‘mere human,’ refusing to fight out of ‘shame,’ projecting towering contempt.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Arrogance and contempt are shown as traits of asuric temperament, contrasting with dharmic humility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region remains the narrative backdrop; this line is character speech rather than tīrtha glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.