Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

स सुखी परमार्थज्ञः स विद्वान्स च पंडितः । येन मुक्तौ कामरागौ स मुक्तः स सुखी भवेत्

Transliteration

sa sukhī paramārthajñaḥ sa vidvānsa ca paṃḍitaḥ | yena muktau kāmarāgau sa muktaḥ sa sukhī bhavet

Translation

അവനേ സുഖി; അവനേ പരമാർത്ഥജ്ഞൻ; അവനേ യഥാർത്ഥ വിദ്യാവാനും പണ്ഡിതനും—കാമവും രാഗവും ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചവൻ. അവനേ മുക്തൻ; അവനേ സുഖി ആകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन (pronoun)

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• परमार्थज्ञः: knower of the highest truth
• परमार्थज्ञः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम-अर्थ-ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• विद्वान्: a learned man
• विद्वान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन (irregular stem विद्वस्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

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

• पण्डितः: a wise man/scholar
• पण्डितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण्डित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• येन: by whom/whereby
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन (instrumental relative pronoun)

• मुक्तौ: in liberation
• मुक्तौ: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन (locative)

• कामरागौ: desire and passion
• कामरागौ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम + राग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; द्विवचन (itaretara-dvandva)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त; मुच्-क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• भवेत्: would be/becomes
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (continuation of the renunciatory resolve)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Didactic moment: the ideal sage is depicted as serene, free from desire and passion; happiness radiates from inner liberation rather than external gain.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma
• Rāga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation and lasting happiness arise from releasing desire (kāma) and attachment (rāga), not merely from external learning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a universal dharma teaching embedded in Kedārakhaṇḍa; it supports the Kedāra ethos of renunciation and Śaiva realization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual is specified; the prescription is inner discipline—letting go of kāma and rāga.