Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

निशम्य वाक्यं शक्रस्य यमो वचनमब्रवीत् । कितवं च रुषाविष्टः किं त्वया पापिना कृतम्

Transliteration

niśamya vākyaṃ śakrasya yamo vacanamabravīt | kitavaṃ ca ruṣāviṣṭaḥ kiṃ tvayā pāpinā kṛtam

Translation

ശക്രന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് യമൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ആ ചൂതക്കാരൻ ക്രോധാവിഷ്ടനായി; ഹേ പാപീ, നീ എന്തു ചെയ്തു?”

Word by Word

• निशम्य: having heard
• निशम्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि-शम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• वाक्यम्: statement/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शक्रस्य: of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• कितवम्: (to) the gambler/cheat
• कितवम्: Karma (Addressed person as object of speech)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कितव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• रुषा-आविष्टः: overcome by anger
• रुषा-आविष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier of ‘yamaḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुषा (प्रातिपदिक) + आविष्ट (आ-विश् धातु + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpurusha: ‘possessed by anger’), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent in passive; करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• पापिना: sinful
• पापिना: Visheshana (Qualifier of ‘tvayā’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (adjective), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Karma/Phrase predicate (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. sg.; here predicate with ‘kim’)

Speaker

Yama (Dharma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama, composed yet stern, responds after hearing Indra; he points toward the gambler’s anger-driven wrongdoing, framing a moral interrogation in a celestial hall.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Indra (Śakra)
• Kitava (the gambler/cheat)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger and sin invite scrutiny under dharma; wrongdoing must be confronted and accounted for before justice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; this is a dharma-adjudication scene within the Kedāra-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.