Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

किं तेन तव रुद्रेण ये दग्धः पुराऽनघे । मदनो निर्विकारित्वात्तं कथं प्रार्थयिष्यसि

Transliteration

kiṃ tena tava rudreṇa ye dagdhaḥ purā'naghe | madano nirvikāritvāttaṃ kathaṃ prārthayiṣyasi

Translation

ഹേ നിർദോഷിനീ! ഒരിക്കൽ കാമദേവനെ ദഹിപ്പിച്ച ആ രുദ്രനാൽ നിനക്കെന്തു പ്രയോജനം? അവൻ നിർവികാരൻ; അങ്ങനെ അവനെ നീ എങ്ങനെ പ്രാർത്ഥിക്കും?

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; interrogative pronoun (किम्)

• तेन: by/with that; with him/that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental of 'that/he'

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; 2nd person pronoun genitive

• रुद्रेण: with Rudra (Śiva)
• रुद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; relative pronoun

• दग्धः: burnt
• दग्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; passive past participle agreeing with 'ये'

• पुरा: formerly; once
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अनघे: O sinless one
• अनघे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; vocative epithet

• मदनः: Madana (Kāma)
• मदनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• निर्विकारित्वात्: because of being changeless/unalterable
• निर्विकारित्वात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्विकारित्व (प्रातिपदिक) < निर्विकार (उपसर्ग-निर् + विकार) + त्व (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ablative of cause (हेतु)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• प्रार्थयिष्यसि: you will request/seek
• प्रार्थयिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Himālaya (to Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker challenges the feasibility of petitioning Rudra who burned Kāma and remains untouched; the mood is admonitory, set against a Himalayan ascetic backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Madana (Kāma)
• Pārvatī
• Himālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is portrayed as nirvikāra (unaffected); approaching the transcendent requires more than ordinary desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s Shaiva-Himalayan setting frames the theology, though this verse is not a direct tirtha-phala statement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it references Kāma-dahana as a theological argument about Śiva’s detachment.