Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहाद्भ्रमते मनः । कामक्रोधौ परित्यज्य भवद्भिः सुरसत्तमैः । सर्वैरेव च मंतव्यं मद्वाक्यं नान्यथा क्वचित्

Transliteration

krodhādbhavati saṃmohaḥ saṃmohādbhramate manaḥ | kāmakrodhau parityajya bhavadbhiḥ surasattamaiḥ | sarvaireva ca maṃtavyaṃ madvākyaṃ nānyathā kvacit

Translation

ക്രോധത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോഹം ജനിക്കുന്നു; മോഹത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മനസ്സ് വഴിതെറ്റുന്നു. ദേവശ്രേഷ്ഠരേ, കാമവും ക്രോധവും ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുവിൻ. എന്റെ വാക്ക് എല്ലാവരും എപ്പോഴും അംഗീകരിക്കണം—ഒരിക്കലും മറ്റെങ്ങനെ അല്ല.

Word by Word

• क्रोधात्: from anger
• क्रोधात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; कारण/अपादान-भाव

• भवति: arises, becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संमोहः: delusion
• संमोहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संमोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• संमोहात्: from delusion
• संमोहात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संमोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; कारण/अपादान-भाव

• भ्रमते: wanders, becomes confused
• भ्रमते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• कामक्रोधौ: desire and anger
• कामक्रोधौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √त्यज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययभाव (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having abandoned’

• भवद्भिः: by you (honoured ones)
• भवद्भिः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक; आदरार्थ 2nd person)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थ-प्रयोगः (respectful ‘by you’)

• सुरसत्तमैः: by the best of the gods
• सुरसत्तमैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; ‘सुराणां सत्तमैः’

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थक

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

• मन्तव्यम्: must be considered
• मन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कृत्य (gerundive), विध्यर्थ: ‘should be thought/considered’

• मद्वाक्यम्: my statement/words
• मद्वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; ‘मम वाक्यम्’

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• क्वचित्: ever, anywhere (at any time/place)
• क्वचित्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/कालवाचक (indefinite locative adverb)

Speaker

Sūta narrating; injunction attributed to Śiva (Vṛṣadhvaja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: devas (addressed as surasattamāḥ) and implicitly all hearers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: Śiva or a divine teacher gestures in instruction; behind him a symbolic chain—desire as a spark, anger as flame, delusion as smoke, mind as a drifting bird—illustrating the causal sequence.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma
• Krodha
• Manas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger breeds delusion and mental instability; the remedy is renouncing both desire and anger and following dharmic counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra sacred narrative-context, but the verse itself is a general ethical command.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is specified; it prescribes moral restraint and obedience to divine instruction.