Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

किमर्थं रोदिशि मुने शोके किं कारणं तव । सुगुह्यमपि चेद्बूहि जिज्ञासा महती हि मे

Transliteration

kimarthaṃ rodiśi mune śoke kiṃ kāraṇaṃ tava | suguhyamapi cedbūhi jijñāsā mahatī hi me

Translation

“Mengapa engkau menangis, wahai muni? Apakah sebab dukacitamu? Walau ia rahsia yang paling tersembunyi, mohon katakan—kerana keinginanku untuk mengetahui amat besar.”

Word by Word

• किमर्थम्: for what reason? why?
• किमर्थम्: Kriya-visheshana (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: किम्+अर्थम्); प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• रोदिशि: you weep
• रोदिशि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• शोके: in grief
• शोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्न

• कारणम्: cause, reason
• कारणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सुगुह्यम्: very secret
• सुगुह्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः: सु+गुह्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अभिप्रेतं ‘वचनम्/वृत्तान्तम्’)

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

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition marker/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• ब्रूहि: tell (me)
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जिज्ञासा: desire to know, inquiry
• जिज्ञासा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिज्ञासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• महतī: great
• महतī: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘जिज्ञासा’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• मे: my, of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) / चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (my)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unnamed muni (addressed as 'mune')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhṛgu addresses the sage gently: the sage weeps; Bhṛgu leans forward, palm open in reassurance, asking the cause of grief and requesting disclosure even if secret.

Characters & Entities

• muni (the sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere inquiry (jijñāsā) and respectful questioning of saints is a dharmic path to understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site-name appears in this verse; it continues the tīrtha-setting conversation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse models respectful spiritual inquiry rather than a formal rite.