Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 184

Devanagari script

युगभावात्तथा ध्याने स्वल्पीभूते शिवस्य च । वृक्षांस्तान्पर्यगृह्णंत मधु वा माक्षिकं बलात्

Transliteration

yugabhāvāttathā dhyāne svalpībhūte śivasya ca | vṛkṣāṃstānparyagṛhṇaṃta madhu vā mākṣikaṃ balāt

Translation

ເນື່ອງຈາກສະພາບຂອງຍຸກ ແລະເມື່ອພະອົງສິວະຜ່ອນຄວາມສະຫງົບໃນສະມາທິລົງ ພວກເຂົາຈຶ່ງຍຶດເອົາຕົ້ນໄມ້ເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນດ້ວຍກໍາລັງ ເອົານ້ໍາເຜິ້ງຫວານທີ່ເຜິ້ງສ້າງໄປ.

Word by Word

• युग-भावात्: due to the condition of the age
• युग-भावात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘युगस्य भावः’

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय

• ध्याने: in meditation
• ध्याने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• स्वल्पी-भूते: having become slight/diminished
• स्वल्पी-भूते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वल्पीभूत (भू-धातोः क्त, कृदन्त; स्वल्पी- (नामधातु/भाव) + भूत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय; ‘having become small/diminished’

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वृक्षान्: trees
• वृक्षान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• परि-अगृह्णन्त: they seized/took away
• परि-अगृह्णन्त: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग) + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मधु: honey
• मधु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• माक्षिकम्: honey (bee-made)
• माक्षिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माक्षिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• बलात्: by force
• बलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादानार्थे (by force/forcibly)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: People surrounding sacred trees, pulling at branches and honeycombs; above, a fainting aura of Śiva’s meditative presence recedes, indicating loss of sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divine-mindedness wanes, beings turn to force and appropriation; the remedy implied is restoring devotion, contemplation, and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse teaches yuga-dharma through a Shaiva frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; the verse critiques violent acquisition (balāt) as adharma.