Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

अपि कल्पसहस्रायुर्नैव ज्ञेयमवाप्नुयात् । त्यक्तसंगो जितक्रोधो लब्धाहारो जितेंद्रियः

Transliteration

api kalpasahasrāyurnaiva jñeyamavāpnuyāt | tyaktasaṃgo jitakrodho labdhāhāro jiteṃdriyaḥ

Translation

Sekalipun berumur seribu kalpa, seseorang takkan mencapai “yang patut diketahui” hanya dengan menimbun. Hendaknya ia lepas dari keterikatan, menaklukkan amarah, makan sekadar yang diperoleh, dan mengekang indria.

Word by Word

• अपि: even
• अपि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपवाद-अव्यय (even/also)

• कल्पसहस्रायुः: having a lifespan of a thousand aeons
• कल्पसहस्रायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कल्पानां सहस्रं = a thousand aeons; तद्वत् आयुः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; (यः इत्यध्याहार्यः)

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

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (just/indeed)

• ज्ञेयम्: the knowable (truth)
• ज्ञेयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive used substantively); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘that which is to be known’

• अवाप्नुयात्: would attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; अव-उपसर्ग

• त्यक्तसङ्गः: one who has abandoned attachment
• त्यक्तसङ्गः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्त (कृदन्त; √त्यज्) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (यस्य सङ्गः त्यक्तः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; (योगी-विशेषण)

• जितक्रोधः: one who has conquered anger
• जितक्रोधः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त; √जि) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (यस्य क्रोधः जितः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लब्धाहारः: one who has obtained food (as available)
• लब्धाहारः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्ध (कृदन्त; √लभ्) + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (यस्य आहारः लब्धः/प्राप्तः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has mastered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त; √जि) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (यस्य इन्द्रियाणि जितानि); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic yogin with calm face, one simple bowl of food, senses symbolically subdued (serpent/animals at feet), anger depicted as a fading red shadow behind him; vast time (kalpas) hinted by cosmic backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Realization depends on inner purification—detachment, anger-control, moderation, and sense-restraint—rather than on endless intellectual pursuit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred geography is invoked in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ethical-ascetic prescriptions are given: tyāga of saṅga (attachment), krodha-jaya (conquest of anger), moderation in food, and indriya-jaya (sense control).