Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तेन यो मदमादद्याद्योगी शीघ्रं च चेतसः । योजनानां सहस्रेभ्यः श्रवणं श्रावणस्तु सः

Transliteration

tena yo madamādadyādyogī śīghraṃ ca cetasaḥ | yojanānāṃ sahasrebhyaḥ śravaṇaṃ śrāvaṇastu saḥ

Translation

ആ പ്രാതിഭം മൂലം യോഗി വേഗത്തിൽ മദം (അഹങ്കാരം) ഏറ്റെടുക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ അവന്റെ ചിത്തം വിക്ഷിപ്തമാകും. കൂടാതെ സഹസ്ര യോജന ദൂരത്തിൽ നിന്നുമെങ്കിലും കേൾക്കാൻ കഴിയുക—ഇതെയാണ് ‘ശ്രാവണ’ (വിഘ്നം) എന്നു പറയുന്നത്।

Word by Word

• तेन: by that/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• मदम्: pride, intoxication
• मदम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• आदद्याद्: should take/assume
• आदद्याद्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• योगी: a yogi
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्रम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: “quickly”)

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

• चेतसः: of the mind
• चेतसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas (distance units)
• योजनानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• सहस्रेभ्यः: from thousands
• सहस्रेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), बहुवचन

• श्रवणम्: hearing
• श्रवणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रावणः: Śrāvaṇa (name/type)
• श्रावणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Emphasis/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: “but/indeed”)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kuru-nandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin with a faint glow of insight holds a palm-leaf manuscript; a subtle crown-like shadow (pride) rises above his head, causing ripples in a lake symbolizing mind; distant sound-waves reach his ear from far mountains labeled ‘thousands of yojanas’.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāvaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride arising from spiritual gifts destabilizes the mind; even siddhis like distant hearing can obstruct samādhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is discussed; the verse explains a yogic upasarga (Śrāvaṇa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the implied discipline is humility and non-attachment to siddhis.