Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

यथागतेन मार्गेण गच्छ त्वं मा विलंबितम् । बटो न किंचिज्जानासि केवलं कलिकृन्महान्

Transliteration

yathāgatena mārgeṇa gaccha tvaṃ mā vilaṃbitam | baṭo na kiṃcijjānāsi kevalaṃ kalikṛnmahān

Translation

「来た道そのままに帰れ――ぐずぐずするな。おい少年よ、お前は何も知らぬ。ただ大いなる争いの種をまく者にすぎぬ。」

Word by Word

• yathāgatena: by the same (as-come) manner / as it came
• yathāgatena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yathā-āgata (प्रातिपदिक; यथा + आगत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular, neuter); अव्ययीभावसमासः—‘यथाऽऽगत’ = ‘as it has come/according to arrival’

• mārgeṇa: by the path
• mārgeṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular, masculine)

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (Imperative, 2nd person singular)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Pronoun, nominative singular)

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (prohibitive particle)

• vilaṃbitam: delay / lingering
• vilaṃbitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vilaṃbita (कृदन्त; वि-लम्ब् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्तं भूतकर्मणि—‘delayed’

• baṭo: O boy!
• baṭo: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: baṭu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Vocative singular, masculine)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcit (सर्वनाम/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, neuter; ‘anything’)

• jānāsi: you know
• jānāsi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (Present indicative, 2nd person singular)

• kevalam: only
• kevalam: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial use: ‘only/merely’)

• kalikṛt: evil-doer
• kalikṛt: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kali-kṛt (प्रातिपदिक; कलि + कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, masculine); षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थे तत्पुरुषः—‘kali-doer/one who does evil’

• mahān: great
• mahān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, masculine)

Speaker

Rati

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rati, stern and radiant, dismisses Nārada like a scolding elder; Nārada stands with vīṇā, chastened, at a Himalayan hermitage-path, the same trail behind him indicating ‘return by the way you came’.

Characters & Entities

• Rati
• Nārada (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protecting one’s vow and focus may require firm boundaries; dharma can be sharp when safeguarding tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in the verse; the Kedāra Khaṇḍa framework maintains the Kedāra sacred-region context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an admonition to avoid delay and disturbance.