Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

इदं चान्यत्त्व शुभे शिरसो रोगदं मम । यद्देहं त्यक्तुकामा त्वं प्रबुद्धा नासि बालिके

Transliteration

idaṃ cānyattva śubhe śiraso rogadaṃ mama | yaddehaṃ tyaktukāmā tvaṃ prabuddhā nāsi bālike

Translation

ଏବଂ ହେ ଶୁଭେ, ଆଉ ଗୋଟିଏ କଥା ମୋ ଶିରକୁ ବେଦନା ଦେଉଛି—ତୁମେ ଦେହ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରିବାକୁ ଇଚ୍ଛା କରୁଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ନିଜ ହିତ ପ୍ରତି ଜାଗ୍ରତ ନୁହ, ହେ ବାଳିକେ।

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• anyat: another (thing)
• anyat: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/विशेषार्थक (adversative/emphatic particle)

• śubhe: O auspicious one
• śubhe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śirasaḥ: of (my) head
• śirasaḥ: Sambandha (Possession/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• rogadam: disease-giving
• rogadam: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rogada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (इदम्/अन्यत्)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• deham: body
• deham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tyaktukāmā: desiring to abandon (it)
• tyaktukāmā: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tyaj (धातु) + tumun (तुमुन्) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त-समासवत्: त्यक्तुम् (infinitive) + कामा; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (त्वम्)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuzmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prabuddhā: awake, aware
• prabuddhā: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√budh (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

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

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• bālike: O girl
• bālike: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmacārin/Vratī (ascetic) addressing Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker, pained ‘in the head’, admonishes the young Devī: ‘you wish to abandon the body, yet you are not awakened’; Devī appears resolute but is urged toward true inner clarity.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity should serve awakening and dharma, not self-destruction; spiritual zeal needs right understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is admonition and ethical counsel concerning extremes in tapas.