Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

बटो गच्छाशु त्वरितो न स्थेयं च त्वयाऽधुना । किमनेन प्रलापेन तव नास्ति प्रयोजनम्

Transliteration

baṭo gacchāśu tvarito na stheyaṃ ca tvayā'dhunā | kimanena pralāpena tava nāsti prayojanam

Translation

«Oh baṭu, vete pronto; no debes quedarte aquí ahora. ¿Para qué tanta palabrería? No tienes asunto aquí.»

Word by Word

• baṭo: O boy
• baṭo: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: baṭu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• tvaritaḥ: hurried
• tvaritaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvarita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √tvar)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त; (आदेशार्थे) ‘being hurried’

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• stheyam: (it) should be stayed; one should stay
• stheyam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + -ya (कृत्)
• Form: भावे/कर्मणि विधिलिङ्गार्थक-कर्तव्यता; ‘स्थेयम्’ = gerundive (णीयत्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ): नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘to be stayed/should be stayed’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• kim: what
• kim: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• anena: with this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pralāpena: with prattle, with talk
• pralāpena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pralāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• tava: for you; of you
• tava: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prayojanam: purpose
• prayojanam: Karma/Predicate (Complement/पूरक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Śivā (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The woman orders the baṭu to leave immediately, rejecting his presence; the baṭu remains composed, hinting at hidden divinity.

Characters & Entities

• Baṭu (disguised Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual life requires guarding attention and speech; distractions and harmful talk are to be dismissed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, as the sacred setting of Śivā’s tapas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it supports the discipline of tapas by rejecting distraction.