Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

अहं मूढः कृतस्तेन कुबेरेण महात्मना । मया निराकृतो रोषात्तपस्तेपे स गुह्यकः

Transliteration

ahaṃ mūḍhaḥ kṛtastena kubereṇa mahātmanā | mayā nirākṛto roṣāttapastepe sa guhyakaḥ

Translation

Aquel Kubera, de gran alma, me dejó en ridículo. Rechazado por mí con ira, el señor de los Guhyakas emprendió austeridades.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मूढः: foolish
• मूढः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृतः: was made
• कृतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle) प्रयुक्तः क्रियार्थे; पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुबेरेण: by Kubera
• कुबेरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (great + self); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• निराकृतः: was rejected/insulted
• निराकृतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-आ-कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle) प्रयुक्तः क्रियार्थे; पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• रोषात्: from anger/out of wrath
• रोषात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेपे: performed (austerity)
• तेपे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपदी

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• गुह्यकः: the Guhyaka (attendant of Kubera)
• गुह्यकः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Rāvaṇa (quoted within Nandīśvara’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A confession-like recollection: ‘I was made a fool by Kubera’; then the scene shifts to Kubera (lord of Guhyakas) undertaking severe austerities amid the stark Himalayan landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Kubera
• Guhyakas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger leads to disrespect, but tapas restores spiritual potency—Purāṇas present austerity as a force that can overturn worldly affronts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context frames the episode within Śiva’s sacred domain, though this verse itself is chiefly narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is referenced as a practice, but no specific vrata, mantra, or tīrtha-rite is detailed here.