Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अनुरूपं मदांधस्याविवेकस्य सुरोत्तम । स्ववीर्यमदयुक्तस्य विवेक रहितस्य च

Transliteration

anurūpaṃ madāṃdhasyāvivekasya surottama | svavīryamadayuktasya viveka rahitasya ca

Translation

ഹേ ദേവോത്തമാ! മദത്തിൽ അന്ധനായും അവിവേകിയായും സ്വവീര്യമദത്തിൽ മത്തനായും വിവേകരഹിതനായും ഉള്ളവന് ഇതു തന്നെയാണ് യോജ്യം।

Word by Word

• anurūpam: appropriate, fitting
• anurūpam: Vidhāna (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anurūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (elliptic predicate: 'appropriate')

• mada-andhasya: of one blinded by pride
• mada-andhasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mada (प्रातिपदिक) + andha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: 'मदेन अन्धः' = 'blinded by intoxication/pride'

• avivekasya: of the undiscerning
• avivekasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aviveka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; 'of one without discernment'

• sura-uttama: O best of gods
• sura-uttama: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: 'सुराणाम उत्तमः'

• sva-vīrya-mada-yuktasya: of one intoxicated with his own prowess
• sva-vīrya-mada-yuktasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक) + mada (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: 'स्ववीर्यस्य मदेन युक्तः' = 'possessed of pride in his own valor'

• viveka-rahitasya: of one lacking discernment
• viveka-rahitasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viveka (प्रातिपदिक) + rahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: 'विवेकात् रहितः' = 'devoid of discernment'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): 'and'

Speaker

Andhaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka gestures toward himself, acknowledging intoxication and lack of discernment; Śiva remains the steady axis of wisdom and restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Śiva (addressed)
• Devas (by epithet surottama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride blinds discernment; dharma is protected by viveka and humility before the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral reflection within a devotional address.