Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

एहि तन्वि मया सार्द्धं राज्यं भोगान्यथेष्टतः । भुंक्ष्व देवि प्रसादान्मे तपसा किं प्रयोजनम्

Transliteration

ehi tanvi mayā sārddhaṃ rājyaṃ bhogānyatheṣṭataḥ | bhuṃkṣva devi prasādānme tapasā kiṃ prayojanam

Translation

«Viens, ô svelte jeune femme, avec moi; jouis du royaume et des plaisirs selon ton désir. Ô déesse, reçois mes faveurs : à quoi bon les austérités ?»

Word by Word

• एहि: come
• एहि: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन = Imperative, 2nd person, Singular

• तन्वि: O slender one
• तन्वि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (आमन्त्रण), एकवचन = Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• मया: with me
• मया: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (सर्वनाम), तृतीया, एकवचन = Instrumental, Singular ‘by/with me’

• सार्द्धम्: together
• सार्द्धम्: Sahārtha (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-अर्थक) = indeclinable ‘together with’

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोगानि: enjoyments
• भोगानि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन = Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अथ: and then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनन्तर) = particle ‘and/then’

• इष्टतः: as you wish
• इष्टतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इष्टतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक) = adverb ‘as desired/at will’

• भुङ्क्ष्व: enjoy
• भुङ्क्ष्व: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद = Imperative, 2nd person, Singular

• देवि: O goddess/lady
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन = Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रसादात्: from (my) favor/grace
• प्रसादात्: Apādāna (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन = Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (एन्क्लिटिक) = Genitive/Dative, Singular; अत्र षष्ठी ‘my’

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Prayojana-praśna (Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; प्रश्नवाचक

• प्रयोजनम्: purpose/use
• प्रयोजनम्: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Śaṃbara

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṃbara gestures expansively—offering kingdom, pleasures, and protection—while dismissing austerity; Rati stands composed, her restraint contrasting his opulent promises.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃbara
• Rati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text contrasts bhoga (sense-enjoyment) with tapas (austerity), warning against temptation that undermines dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa frame connects the narrative to Kedāra, but this verse itself is a moral-psychological moment, not tīrtha praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas is referenced conceptually, but no specific vrata, snāna, dāna, or japa is prescribed here.