Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

तस्मादेनं पापिनं दुःखमूलं न जीवयिष्यामि सुराः प्रतीक्ष्यताम् । निरन्तरं चात्मसुखप्रबोधमानंदलक्षणमागाधमनन्यरूपम्

Transliteration

tasmādenaṃ pāpinaṃ duḥkhamūlaṃ na jīvayiṣyāmi surāḥ pratīkṣyatām | nirantaraṃ cātmasukhaprabodhamānaṃdalakṣaṇamāgādhamananyarūpam

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് ദുഃഖത്തിന്റെ മൂലമായ ഈ പാപിയെ ഞാൻ ജീവിക്കാൻ അനുവദിക്കുകയില്ല; ഹേ ദേവന്മാരേ, കാത്തിരിക്കുവിൻ. അതിന്റെ സ്ഥാനത്ത് ആത്മസുഖത്തിന്റെ അഖണ്ഡ പ്രബോധം ഉണ്ടാകട്ടെ—ശുദ്ധാനന്ദലക്ഷണം, അഗാധം, അനന്യസ്വരൂപം.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति निपातवत् (therefore)

• enam: this one, him
• enam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• pāpinam: sinful
• pāpinam: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (एनम्)

• duḥkhamūlam: root/cause of suffering
• duḥkhamūlam: Karma (apposition to enam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha + mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दुःखस्य मूलम्)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• jīvayiṣyāmi: I will not let live; I will not revive
• jīvayiṣyāmi: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jīv (जीव् धातु) + ṇic (णिच् causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative: 'cause to live')

• surāḥ: O gods
• surāḥ: Sambodhana/Pratigrāhya (सम्बोधन/Addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• pratīkṣyatām: let (it) be waited; wait
• pratīkṣyatām: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√īkṣ (ईक्ष् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative: 'let it be waited/let waiting be done')

• nirantaram: continuously
• nirantaram: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nirantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणवत् अव्ययीभाव (adverbial use: 'continuously')

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• ātmasukhaprabodham: awakening of inner bliss
• ātmasukhaprabodham: Karma/Viśeṣaṇa (contextual epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman + sukha + prabodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (आत्मसुखस्य प्रबोधः/प्रबोधम्)

• ānandalakṣaṇam: having bliss as its mark
• ānandalakṣaṇam: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ānanda + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (आनन्दं लक्षणं यस्य)

• agādham: unfathomable, deep
• agādham: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agādha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ananyarūpam: of non-different/unique form
• ananyarūpam: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ananya + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (अनन्यं रूपं यस्य)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṃbhu/Mahādeva) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas (addressed: 'surāḥ pratīkṣyatām')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva announces the end of a sinful, suffering-root entity and invokes an unbroken awakening of self-bliss—cosmic justice paired with nondual-leaning bliss imagery.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devas
• Kāma (implied)
• Ātmasukha (bliss of Self)
• Ānanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Destroying desire—the root of suffering—opens the way to steady inner awakening and bliss rooted in the Self.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Kedārakhaṇḍa (Kedāra/Kedarnath context), emphasizing the inner fruit of pilgrimage: peace and self-awakening.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual is specified; the ‘prescription’ is the elimination of desire and the cultivation of inner awakening.