Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

कुबेरः स हि नंदिन्किमागतस्तव मंदिरम् । दीयतां च कुबेरोद्य नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

kuberaḥ sa hi naṃdinkimāgatastava maṃdiram | dīyatāṃ ca kuberodya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

Nandin, pourquoi ce Kubera est-il venu à ta demeure ? Livre-le dès aujourd’hui : ici, point n’est besoin de délibérer.

Word by Word

• कुबेरः: Kubera
• कुबेरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• नन्दिन्: O Nandin
• नन्दिन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• किम्: what?/why?
• किम्: Prashna (Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• आगतः: come/arrived
• आगतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative to subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मन्दिरम्: temple/house
• मन्दिरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• दीयताम्: let (it) be given
• दीयताम्: Vidhi (Injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be given’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कुबेर: O Kubera
• कुबेर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उद्य: today/now
• उद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• न: not/no
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• कार्या: (any) need/thing to be done
• कार्या: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कार्य’ (thing to be done)

• विचारणा: deliberation/consideration
• विचारणा: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Rāvaṇa (quoted within Nandīśvara’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forceful speaker demands that Nandin surrender Kubera at once; the setting implies a Śiva-temple precinct with a guarded threshold and tense court-like confrontation.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Nandin (Nandīśvara)
• Kubera

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Coercive command is anti-dharma; in a holy setting, arrogance that bypasses deliberation and respect is portrayed as spiritual blindness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śaiva sacred region is the stage, highlighting the sanctity of Śiva’s abode and its guardians.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a narrative of wrongful demand rather than a prescribed rite.