Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

जयमिच्छंति वै मूढा न च भेतव्यमण्वपि

Transliteration

jayamicchaṃti vai mūḍhā na ca bhetavyamaṇvapi

Translation

मूढ लोकच जयाची इच्छा करतात; पण किंचितही भय बाळगू नये.

Word by Word

• जयम्: victory
• जयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• इच्छन्ति: desire
• इच्छन्ति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• मूढाः: fools/deluded ones
• मूढाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• भेतव्यम्: should be feared
• भेतव्यम्: Kriya (Predicate obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘to be feared’

• अणु: a little
• अणु: Kriya (Measure adjunct/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; ‘a little’ (used adverbially)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even/also)

Speaker

Janārdana (Viṣṇu) (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrotṛ community

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, resolute figure speaks a terse maxim; behind him, shadowy forms of ‘mūḍhāḥ’ chase banners of victory, while the speaker stands unmoved like a mountain, suggesting Kedāra’s steadfastness.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained by steadiness: do not be shaken by the noisy ambitions of the deluded.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the instruction appears within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Himalayan sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.