Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

पिशाचवत्कृतमिदं चरितं परमाद्भुतम्

Transliteration

piśācavatkṛtamidaṃ caritaṃ paramādbhutam

Translation

Perbuatan ini—seolah-olah dilakukan oleh pishacha—adalah suatu kisah yang amat menakjubkan.

Word by Word

• पिशाचवत्: like a piśāca (ghoul)
• पिशाचवत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमानार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण), तद्धितान्त-वत् (like/as)

• कृतम्: done; performed
• कृतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta/Viṣaya (Subject/topic/कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चरितम्: conduct; deed; story
• चरितम्: Karta/Viṣaya (Subject/topic/कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित (प्रातिपदिक; √चर् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परम्: supreme; exceedingly
• परम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful; marvelous
• अद्भुतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense moment in the Himalayan Kedāra setting: the narrator labels an act as ‘pishāca-like’ yet ‘paramādbhuta’, with darkened sky, startled onlookers, and a distant, serene Śiva-presence implied.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic person recognizes wrongdoing with clarity and remorse, which becomes the first step toward correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this half-verse; it functions as a moral evaluation within the Kedāra-khaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.