Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

कैलासमाश्रितो येन सुप्तोऽहं येन बोधितः । तं वधिष्ये न सन्देहः सम्मुखो वा भवेद्यदि

Transliteration

kailāsamāśrito yena supto'haṃ yena bodhitaḥ | taṃ vadhiṣye na sandehaḥ sammukho vā bhavedyadi

Translation

ಕೈಲಾಸವನ್ನು ಆಶ್ರಯಿಸಿ ನನ್ನ ನಿದ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಭಂಗಪಡಿಸಿ ನನಗೆ ಎಚ್ಚರ ತಂದವನನ್ನು—ಅವನು ನನ್ನ ಎದುರು ಬಂದರೆ—ನಾನು ಸಂಶಯವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ವಧಿಸುವೆನು।

Word by Word

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa (mountain)
• कैलासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• आश्रितः: having taken refuge in/resorted to
• आश्रितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past active/PPP in sense ‘having resorted to’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सुप्तः: asleep
• सुप्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वप् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• बोधितः: awakened
• बोधितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुध् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle of causative), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (बोधितः = ‘awakened/caused to know’)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• वधिष्ये: I will kill
• वधिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• सम्मुखः: face-to-face, present
• सम्मुखः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्मुख (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + मुख)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive/optional particle)

• भवेत्: should be/might be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Nimitta (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, roused from yogic repose on Kailāsa, speaks a warrior’s vow: if the offender appears before him, he will be slain without doubt; the snowy peak and attendant gaṇas frame the moment of awakening.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Andhaka (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacrilege against sacred abodes and arrogance before the Lord culminate in divine justice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is explicitly named and upheld as the inviolable divine residence of Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a vow of retribution within the narrative.