Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

किं तेन तव रुद्रेण ये दग्धः पुराऽनघे । मदनो निर्विकारित्वात्तं कथं प्रार्थयिष्यसि

Transliteration

kiṃ tena tava rudreṇa ye dagdhaḥ purā'naghe | madano nirvikāritvāttaṃ kathaṃ prārthayiṣyasi

Translation

Wahai yang tidak bercela, apakah gunanya Rudra itu bagimu—Dia yang dahulu membakar Kāma? Oleh sebab Dia tidak berubah dan tidak terpengaruh, bagaimana engkau akan memohon kepada-Nya?

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; interrogative pronoun (किम्)

• तेन: by/with that; with him/that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental of 'that/he'

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; 2nd person pronoun genitive

• रुद्रेण: with Rudra (Śiva)
• रुद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; relative pronoun

• दग्धः: burnt
• दग्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; passive past participle agreeing with 'ये'

• पुरा: formerly; once
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अनघे: O sinless one
• अनघे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; vocative epithet

• मदनः: Madana (Kāma)
• मदनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• निर्विकारित्वात्: because of being changeless/unalterable
• निर्विकारित्वात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्विकारित्व (प्रातिपदिक) < निर्विकार (उपसर्ग-निर् + विकार) + त्व (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ablative of cause (हेतु)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• प्रार्थयिष्यसि: you will request/seek
• प्रार्थयिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Himālaya (to Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker challenges the feasibility of petitioning Rudra who burned Kāma and remains untouched; the mood is admonitory, set against a Himalayan ascetic backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Madana (Kāma)
• Pārvatī
• Himālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is portrayed as nirvikāra (unaffected); approaching the transcendent requires more than ordinary desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s Shaiva-Himalayan setting frames the theology, though this verse is not a direct tirtha-phala statement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it references Kāma-dahana as a theological argument about Śiva’s detachment.