Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

स्वयमुत्पाद्य यो रेणुं वेष्टितस्तेन कुप्यति । तथा कुप्यसि मे मातरनाथस्यास्य दर्शय

Transliteration

svayamutpādya yo reṇuṃ veṣṭitastena kupyati | tathā kupyasi me mātaranāthasyāsya darśaya

Translation

自ら塵を巻き上げ、その塵に覆われて怒る者がある—母よ、あなたが私に示す怒りもまたそのようである。どうかこの我が主の御姿（ダルシャナ）を示したまえ。

Word by Word

• svayam: oneself
• svayam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/स्वयम् (adverb: oneself)

• utpādya: having produced
• utpādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: utpād (उत्पाद्/उत्पादय्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having produced/created’

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• reṇum: dust
• reṇum: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: reṇu (रेणु) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• veṣṭitaḥ: wrapped/covered
• veṣṭitaḥ: Karta (Subject complement to yaḥ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: veṣṭ (वेष्ट्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; ‘wrapped/covered’

• tena: by that/with that
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• kupyati: gets angry
• kupyati: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kup (कुप्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tathā: thus; likewise
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा) (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकार (adverb: thus/in the same way)

• kupyasi: you get angry
• kupyasi: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kup (कुप्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: my; of me
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• mātara: O mother
• mātara: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (मातृ) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative); एकवचन

• nāthasya: of the lord/master
• nāthasya: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nātha (नाथ) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• asya: of this; his
• asya: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• darśaya: show
• darśaya: Kriyā (Predicate/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश्) (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘show’

Speaker

A Pāṇḍava devotee

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Pāṇḍava devotee stands with folded hands, gently admonishing the Mother’s anger through a dust metaphor, pleading for the vision of his Lord; the setting suggests a forest-tīrtha or shrine threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Nātha (Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The devotee argues that obscuration and fault are ultimately removable by the divine; therefore the Goddess should grant darśana rather than anger.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a plea for darśana (revelation/vision).