Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 122
Devanagari script
संपर्केण च दग्धोऽसि नान्यथा मम भाषितम् । तदोवाच महातेजाः शंबरः प्रहसन्निव
Transliteration
saṃparkeṇa ca dagdho'si nānyathā mama bhāṣitam | tadovāca mahātejāḥ śaṃbaraḥ prahasanniva
Translation
स्पर्शाने तू दग्ध होशील—माझे वचन अन्यथा होणार नाही। तेव्हा महातेजस्वी शंबर जणू हसत म्हणाला।
Word by Word
saṃparkeṇaby contact
saṃparkeṇa:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃparka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
dagdhaḥburnt
dagdhaḥ:
Kriyā (Predicate complement/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dah (दह् धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (असि इति सह)
asiyou are
asi:
Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस् धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान/present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
anyathāotherwise
anyathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanyathā (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)
mamamy
mama:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
bhāṣitam(what is) spoken; statement
bhāṣitam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√bhāṣ (भाष् धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; 'my spoken word'
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच् धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
mahātejāḥof great splendor
mahātejāḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महच्च तत् तेजः यस्य)
śaṃbaraḥŚambara
śaṃbaraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṃbara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
prahasanlaughing
prahasan:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√has (हस् धातु) + शतृ (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
ivaas if
iva:
Upamāna (Simile marker/उपमान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)
Speaker
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Rati declares the burning consequence of contact; Śaṃbara, radiant and mocking, responds with a half-laugh—hubris against a looming supernatural law.
Characters & Entities
R
RatiŚ
ŚaṃbaraFAQs
Karmic consequence follows wrongdoing; dismissing warnings in pride leads to suffering.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa backdrop relates to Kedāra’s Śaiva sacred geography, but this verse itself is narrative, not tīrtha-stuti.
None.