Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 183

Devanagari script

लोकेषु ख्यातिमायाति ततो मे स्याद्यशः परम् । इत्यादि चिंतयंत्यां च रजन्यां भगवान्हरिः

Transliteration

lokeṣu khyātimāyāti tato me syādyaśaḥ param | ityādi ciṃtayaṃtyāṃ ca rajanyāṃ bhagavānhariḥ

Translation

“അവൻ ലോകങ്ങളിൽ ഖ്യാതി നേടും; അപ്പോൾ എന്റെ യശസ്സും പരമമാകും”—ഇങ്ങനെ പലതും ചിന്തിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ രാത്രിയിൽ ഭഗവാൻ ഹരി പ്രത്യക്ഷനായി.

Word by Word

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन (locative plural masculine)

• ख्यातिम्: fame
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (accusative singular feminine)

• आयाति: attains/comes
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्ग-आ (comes/attains)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्-अर्थे अव्यय (adverb: then/from that)

• मे: my / for me
• मे: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) वा चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक (me = my/to me; here genitive sense)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (may be/would be)

• यशः: glory
• यशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular neuter)

• परम्: supreme/great
• परम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (nominative singular neuter; adjective)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• आदि: and so on
• आदि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: आदिशब्दः अव्ययीभावे/अव्ययवत् (indeclinable: etc., and so on)

• चिन्तयन्त्यां: while (she) was thinking
• चिन्तयन्त्यां: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन (locative singular feminine: while she was thinking)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• रजन्यां: in the night
• रजन्यां: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन (locative singular feminine)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular masculine)

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular masculine)

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not explicit; likely Sūta-style narration within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly pride and concern for fame are contrasted with the sudden presence of the Divine, which redirects human thought toward higher truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition introducing Bhagavān Hari.