Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अयं विसृज्यतां सख्यः किमनेन प्रयोजनम् । बटुस्वरूपिणं रुद्रं कुपिता सा ततोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

ayaṃ visṛjyatāṃ sakhyaḥ kimanena prayojanam | baṭusvarūpiṇaṃ rudraṃ kupitā sā tato'bravīt

Translation

«Amies, renvoyez-le : à quoi peut-il servir ?» Ainsi, irritée, elle parla à Rudra qui avait pris la forme d’un baṭu.

Word by Word

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• visṛjyatām: let (him) be sent away
• visṛjyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘let (him) be dismissed’

• sakhyaḥ: O friend
• sakhyaḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन-रूप (vocative)

• kim: what
• kim: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)

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

• prayojanam: purpose, use
• prayojanam: Karma/Predicate (Object or complement/कर्म-पूर्तिः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• baṭu-svarūpiṇam: having the form of a boy
• baṭu-svarūpiṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: baṭu (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (baṭoḥ svarūpam yasya / baṭu-rūpaḥ)

• rudram: Rudra
• rudram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• kupitā: angered
• kupitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kupita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kup)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): ‘then/from there’

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wrathful woman addresses companions, dismissing a seemingly young brahmacārin (baṭu) who is actually Rudra in disguise; Himalayan shrine-landscape hints at Kedāra.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śivā (Pārvatī)
• Sakhīs
• Baṭu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Provocation is part of spiritual testing; the devotee refuses to entertain harmful speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, where the divine test-līlā is situated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative action and dialogue.