Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

किमालोकपरो भूत्वा चक्षुषा परमेण हि । नाहं कालो न कामोऽहं नाहं दभस्य वै मखः

Transliteration

kimālokaparo bhūtvā cakṣuṣā parameṇa hi | nāhaṃ kālo na kāmo'haṃ nāhaṃ dabhasya vai makhaḥ

Translation

« Pourquoi fixes-tu ton regard avec cet œil suprême ? Je ne suis ni le Temps, ni Kāma, ni le sacrifice de Dabha (Dākṣa). »

Word by Word

• किम्: what? why?
• किम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक-सर्वनाम

• आलोक-परः: intent on looking, gaze-focused
• आलोक-परः: Karta-visheshana (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आलोक (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (आलोके परः = intent on looking)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• चक्षुषा: with (your) eye
• चक्षुषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• परमेण: supreme, excellent
• परमेण: Karana-visheshana (Instrument-qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of चक्षुषा)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• कालः: Time (Death)
• कालः: Pratishedhya-predicative (Negated predicate/प्रतिषेध्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• न: nor
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• कामः: Kāma (desire/love-god)
• कामः: Pratishedhya-predicative (Negated predicate/प्रतिषेध्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• दभस्य: of Dabha (a being/name)
• दभस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• मखः: sacrifice (Makha)
• मखः: Pratishedhya-predicative (Negated predicate/प्रतिषेध्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Satī/Devī (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī faces Śiva’s intense gaze, unafraid; she gestures as if enumerating: ‘not kāla, not kāma, not yajña’; Śiva’s third eye glows but is held in check by her calm authority.

Characters & Entities

• Satī
• Śiva (implied addressee)
• Kāla
• Kāma
• Dabha/Dākṣa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches discernment: destructive power should be directed only where dharma requires, not toward one’s own auspicious, divine counterpart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context links to Kedāra-kṣetra, but the verse itself is theological dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it alludes to mythic events (Kāma-dahana, Dākṣa-yajña) rather than giving a rite.