Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

न पुत्रमरणे दुःखं नापमानं न मारकाः । न दारिद्र्यं च ते सर्वे प्राप्नुवन्ति कदाचन

Transliteration

na putramaraṇe duḥkhaṃ nāpamānaṃ na mārakāḥ | na dāridryaṃ ca te sarve prāpnuvanti kadācana

Translation

Ils ne connurent jamais la douleur de la mort d’un enfant, ni l’humiliation, ni les menaces de mort; et nul d’entre eux ne tomba jamais dans la pauvreté.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• putra-maraṇe: in (the event of) a son's death
• putra-maraṇe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रस्य मरणे)

• duḥkham: sorrow
• duḥkham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• apamānam: dishonor/insult
• apamānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• mārakāḥ: killers/agents of death
• mārakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• dāridryam: poverty
• dāridryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

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

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ते इति विशेष्य)

• prāpnuvanti: attain/meet with
• prāpnuvanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• kadācana: ever/at any time
• kadācana: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Lomaśa (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprāḥ / Brahmins (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene, protected kingdom/household under Śiva’s unseen guardianship—families unharmed, honor intact, granaries full—suggesting the invisible shield of devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śveta (king)
• Subjects (people)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma supported by devotion is depicted as creating a protective social order, reducing suffering and insecurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the Kedāra-khaṇḍa praise of a Śiva-devotee king’s reign.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.