Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

त्यागो ह्यप्राप्तकामानां न तथा च गुरुः स्मृतः । यथा प्राप्तं परित्यज्य कामं कमललोचन । श्रुत्वैतद्ब्रह्मणो वाक्यं दैत्यः प्रांजलिरब्रवीत्

Transliteration

tyāgo hyaprāptakāmānāṃ na tathā ca guruḥ smṛtaḥ | yathā prāptaṃ parityajya kāmaṃ kamalalocana | śrutvaitadbrahmaṇo vākyaṃ daityaḥ prāṃjalirabravīt

Translation

ଯେମାନେ ଏପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଇଚ୍ଛିତ ବସ୍ତୁ ପାଇନାହାନ୍ତି, ସେମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ତ୍ୟାଗ ତେତେ କଠିନ ନୁହେଁ, ନ ତାହା ବଡ଼ ଗୁଣ ଭାବେ ଗଣ୍ୟ। କିନ୍ତୁ ହେ କମଳଲୋଚନ, ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହେବା ପରେ ମଧ୍ୟ କାମନାକୁ ପରିତ୍ୟାଗ କରିବା—ଏହି ହେଉଛି ସତ୍ୟ ତ୍ୟାଗ। ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଙ୍କ ଏହି ବାକ୍ୟ ଶୁଣି ଦୈତ୍ୟ ଅଞ୍ଜଳି ବାନ୍ଧି କହିଲା।

Word by Word

• त्यागः: renunciation
• त्यागः: Karta/Topic (Subject/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Discourse particle (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: reason/emphasis)

• अप्राप्तकामानाम्: of those whose desires are unfulfilled
• अप्राप्तकामानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ (नञ्) + प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (अप्राप्ताः कामाः येषाम्)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation)

• तथा: so, in that way
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• गुरुः: a teacher / weighty (thing)
• गुरुः: Karta/Predicate-noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• स्मृतः: is considered/remembered
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Upamā/Comparison
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative/correlative adverb: 'as/just as')

• प्राप्तम्: what has been obtained
• प्राप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) + आप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); कर्मरूपेण

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग) + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• कामम्: desire
• कामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• कमललोचन: O lotus-eyed one
• कमललोचन: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular); समासः—कर्मधारय (कमलमिव लोचनं यस्य)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• वाक्यम्: statement, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• दैत्यः: the Daitya
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• प्राञ्जलिः: with folded hands
• प्राञ्जलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (hands-folded posture)

• अब्रवीत्: spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition) describing the scene; verse contains a maxim attributed in-context to Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā articulates the hierarchy of renunciation; the Daitya listens, then folds hands (prāñjali) preparing to reply; emphasis on lotus-eyed address and moral gravity.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True renunciation is abandoning attachment even after gaining the desired object; giving up what one never had is not the same spiritual victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma teaching within the Tāraka narrative of the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the context points toward tapas (austerity) and boon-seeking rather than a named vrata or snāna.