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

“ਅਤੇ ਇਕ ਹੋਰ ਗੱਲ, ਹੇ ਸ਼ੁਭੇ, ਮੇਰੇ ਸਿਰ ਨੂੰ ਪੀੜ ਦਿੰਦੀ ਹੈ: ਕਿ ਤੂੰ ਦੇਹ ਤਿਆਗਣ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਰੱਖਦੀ ਹੋ, ਪਰ ਆਪਣੇ ਹਿਤ ਲਈ ਜਾਗਰੂਕ ਨਹੀਂ, ਹੇ ਬਾਲਿਕੇ।”

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.