Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

धर्मराज महाबुद्धे पश्य मां नृपसत्तम । चक्षुर्भ्यां नैव पश्यामि वैकल्यं किमिदं मम

Transliteration

dharmarāja mahābuddhe paśya māṃ nṛpasattama | cakṣurbhyāṃ naiva paśyāmi vaikalyaṃ kimidaṃ mama

Translation

ഹേ ധർമ്മരാജാ, ഹേ മഹാബുദ്ധിയുള്ള നൃപശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, എന്നെ നോക്കുക! ഞാൻ കണ്ണുകളാൽ ഒന്നും കാണുന്നില്ല; എനിക്ക് വന്ന ഈ വൈകല്യം എന്ത്?

Word by Word

• dharmarāja: O Dharmarāja
• dharmarāja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य राजा)

• mahābuddhe: O great-minded one
• mahābuddhe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (महती बुद्धिः यस्य सः)

• paśya: see, look
• paśya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग-प्रयोगे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nṛpasattama: O best of kings
• nṛpasattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नृपाणां सत्तमः)

• cakṣurbhyām: with (my) two eyes
• cakṣurbhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Instrumental dual)

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• eva: indeed, at all
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• paśyāmi: I see
• paśyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• vaikalyam: impairment, defect
• vaikalyam: Karma/Predicate (Object-like/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaikalya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'किम्' इत्यस्य विशेष्य (predicate/object)

• kim: what?
• kim: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'vaikalyam' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• mama: of me, my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

Speaker

Bhīma

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhīma, eyes clouded or covered, reaches out in distress toward Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja), who stands composed, compassionate, and attentive; attendants form a concerned semicircle.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Dharmarāja (the king addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Affliction can become a turning point that humbles the powerful and redirects them toward dharma and refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is an urgent appeal describing sudden blindness.