Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

पुरा कृतं तस्य महात्मनस्त्वया किं विस्मृतं तत्सकलं शचीपते । तस्मादसौ त्वां विजिगीषुकामो गृहे वसंस्तस्यगिरेर्महात्मनः

Transliteration

purā kṛtaṃ tasya mahātmanastvayā kiṃ vismṛtaṃ tatsakalaṃ śacīpate | tasmādasau tvāṃ vijigīṣukāmo gṛhe vasaṃstasyagirermahātmanaḥ

Translation

«Ô seigneur de Śacī, as-tu donc oublié tout ce que jadis tu fis à ce grand être ? C’est pourquoi lui, désireux de te vaincre, demeure dans la demeure de cette montagne magnanime.»

Word by Word

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — ‘formerly’

• kṛtam: done/made
• kṛtam: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृत (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘done/made’

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of him/that’

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of the great-souled one’

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — ‘by you’

• kim: what?/is it that...?
• kim: Prashna (Interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक) — ‘what?/whether?’

• vismṛtam: forgotten
• vismṛtam: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-smṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘forgotten’

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘that’ (विशेषण)

• sakalam: entire
• sakalam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘entire/whole’ (विशेषण)

• śacīpate: O lord of Śacī (Indra)
• śacīpate: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śacī-pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — ‘O lord of Śacī (Indra)’

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/ablative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् (ablative used adverbially) — ‘therefore/from that’

• asau: that one/he
• asau: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — demonstrative ‘that person/he’

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘you’

• vijigīṣukāmaḥ: desiring to conquer
• vijigīṣukāmaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + jigīṣu + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘desirous of conquering’ (विशेषण, of asau)

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘in the house’

• vasan: dwelling
• vasan: Karta (Participial predicate of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘dwelling’ (agreeing with asau)

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of that’

• gireḥ: of the mountain
• gireḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of the mountain’

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of the great-souled one’ (referring to the mountain/person)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-associated Himalayan mountain abode (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada admonishes Indra: a pointed reminder of Indra’s earlier offense against a great being; in the distance, a mountain abode is shown, suggesting the adversary’s residence and impending challenge.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śacīpati)
• Śacī
• Nārada
• Tvaṣṭṛ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Past actions bear consequences; even powerful beings must face the results of earlier deeds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “mountain” residence is referenced, but no explicit tīrtha-name is given in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a warning and explanation of motive.