Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

राजोवाच । भीमभीम ध्रुवं देवी कुपिता ते महेश्वरी । तेन नष्टे चक्षुषी ते महासाहसवल्लभ

Transliteration

rājovāca | bhīmabhīma dhruvaṃ devī kupitā te maheśvarī | tena naṣṭe cakṣuṣī te mahāsāhasavallabha

Translation

Le roi dit : Ô Bhīma, redoutable Bhīma, assurément la Déesse Maheśvarī est irritée contre toi. C’est pourquoi tes deux yeux ont été anéantis, ô toi qui chéris la grande audace.

Word by Word

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वक्ता-निर्देश (speaker tag)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भीम: O Bhīma
• भीम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• भीम: O Bhīma (repeated)
• भीम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति/उद्गारार्थ)

• ध्रुवम्: surely
• ध्रुवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of certainty)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कुपिता: angered
• कुपिता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुपित (कृदन्त; कुप्/कुप्य् धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक विशेषण (past participle)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महेश्वरी: Maheśvarī
• महेश्वरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; देवी-विशेष नाम

• तेन: therefore/by that (reason)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• नष्टे: lost/destroyed
• नष्टे: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्ट (कृदन्त; नश् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन; चक्षुषी इत्यस्य विशेषण (agreeing with dual)

• चक्षुषी: (your) two eyes
• चक्षुषी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महासाहसवल्लभ: O beloved of great daring
• महासाहसवल्लभ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासाहस-वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक; महा+साहस+वल्लभ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महासाहसस्य वल्लभः)

Speaker

The King (addressed as Dharmarāja in prior verse)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhīma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king admonishes Bhīma: the wrath of Maheśvarī has blinded him; Bhīma stands afflicted, eyes ruined, surrounded by attendants in a courtly setting.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvarī
• Bhīma
• King (rājā/Dharmarāja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to the Divine Mother is essential; disrespect leads to spiritual and worldly suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is identified in this verse; it centers on Maheśvarī and moral causality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual here; it diagnoses the cause of the affliction as the Goddess’s displeasure.