Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

माघाष्टम्यां न शिष्यंति तस्य सर्वेऽप्युपद्रवाः । ये च मां कोपयिष्यंति पांडवाराधितां सदा

Transliteration

māghāṣṭamyāṃ na śiṣyaṃti tasya sarve'pyupadravāḥ | ye ca māṃ kopayiṣyaṃti pāṃḍavārādhitāṃ sadā

Translation

Au huitième jour de Māgha (Māghāṣṭamī), toutes ses peines et ses atteintes ne subsisteront plus. Mais ceux qui m’irriteront—moi que les Pāṇḍava vénèrent sans cesse—

Word by Word

• माघाष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (tithi) of Māgha
• माघाष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; (माघस्य अष्टमी)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• शिष्यन्ति: remain, are left
• शिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शिष् (धातु; शेषे/अवशेषणे)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Present, 3rd person plural

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), 'even/also'

• उपद्रवाः: troubles, afflictions
• उपद्रवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Relative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 1st person pronoun, Accusative singular

• कोपयिष्यन्ति: will anger (provoke)
• कोपयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कुप् (धातु) + णिच् (प्रेरण)
• Form: णिजन्त (causative), लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Causative future, 3rd person plural

• पाण्डवाराधिताम्: worshipped by the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवाराधिताम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डव + आराधित (आ + राध् धातु + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Past passive participle used adjectivally; (पाण्डवैः आराधिता)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayatrāḍa (Gayatrāḍā-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Māghāṣṭamī worship at the shrine: devotees fasting, offering lamps and water; the deity’s protective aura dispels dark clouds symbolizing ‘upadravas’; a subtle backdrop motif of the Pāṇḍavas in reverent posture underscores the claim of being ‘ever worshipped by them’.

Characters & Entities

• Māghāṣṭamī
• Pāṇḍavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred observances remove adversity, while disrespect toward the deity brings spiritual consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes Māghāṣṭamī observance; the associated locale is the Dharmāraṇya/Gayatrāḍa setting of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance tied to Māghāṣṭamī (eighth lunar day in Māgha), associated with the cessation of upadravas (afflictions).