Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

यदाःकामं पुरस्कृत्य सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । पदभ्रष्टाश्च दुःखेन व्याप्ता दैन्यं समाश्रिताः

Transliteration

yadāḥkāmaṃ puraskṛtya sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | padabhraṣṭāśca duḥkhena vyāptā dainyaṃ samāśritāḥ

Translation

ഇന്ദ്രനോടുകൂടി എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരും കാമനെ മുൻപിൽ നിർത്തിയപ്പോൾ, അവർ തങ്ങളുടെ സ്ഥാനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വീണുപോയി; ദുഃഖം നിറഞ്ഞ് ദൈന്യത്തിൽ അഭയം തേടി.

Word by Word

• yadā: when
• yadā: Avyaya (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal conjunction/adverb)

• kāmam: Kāma, desire
• kāmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• puraskṛtya: having put in front, having taken as leader
• puraskṛtya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puras-√kṛ (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (devāḥ)

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sa-vāsavāḥ: together with Vāsava (Indra)
• sa-vāsavāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः सह-तत्पुरुषः (वासवैः सह/इन्द्रसहिताः)

• pada-bhraṣṭāḥ: fallen from their station
• pada-bhraṣṭāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक) + bhraṣṭa (√bhraṃś + kta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पदात् भ्रष्टाः = fallen from position)

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• duḥkhena: by/with sorrow
• duḥkhena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• vyāptāḥ: pervaded, overwhelmed
• vyāptāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ā-√āp (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• dainyam: wretchedness, misery
• dainyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dainya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samāśritāḥ: having resorted to, having taken refuge in
• samāśritāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√śri (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having resorted to’

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṃbhu/Mahādeva) (deduced from immediate context of Śaṃbhu speaking in this passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gods, having put Desire in the lead, are shown slipping from their stations, faces clouded with grief, their radiance dimmed.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Indra (Vāsava)
• Kāma (Desire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When desire becomes the leader of one’s choices, even the mighty lose stability; restraint protects one’s dharmic position.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Kedārakhaṇḍa, associated with the Kedāra/Kedarnath sacred landscape, though this verse itself gives a moral teaching rather than a site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it teaches ethical discipline (control of desire).