Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ततस्तृतीयनेत्रोत्थवह्निना नाकवासिनाम् । क्रोशतां गमितः कामो भस्मत्वं पांडुनंदन

Transliteration

tatastṛtīyanetrotthavahninā nākavāsinām | krośatāṃ gamitaḥ kāmo bhasmatvaṃ pāṃḍunaṃdana

Translation

Então, pelo fogo que irrompeu do Terceiro Olho, Kāmadeva foi reduzido a cinzas, enquanto os habitantes do céu clamavam, ó filho de Pāṇḍu.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरार्थ (adverb: then/thereupon)

• तृतीय-नेत्र-उत्थ-वह्निना: by the fire arisen from the third eye
• तृतीय-नेत्र-उत्थ-वह्निना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (तृतीयस्य नेत्रस्य उत्थः वह्निः)

• नाकवासिनाम्: of the dwellers in heaven (gods)
• नाकवासिनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नाके वसन्ति)

• क्रोशताम्: of (those) crying out
• क्रोशताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी, बहुवचन; जनसम्बन्धे (of those crying out)

• गमितः: was led / was brought to
• गमितः: Kriya (क्रियाविशेष/participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘गमयति’ इत्यर्थे (caused to go/led)

• कामः: Kāma (Cupid)
• कामः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भस्मत्वम्: to ashes-ness / ash-state
• भस्मत्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• पाण्डुनन्दन: O son of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुनन्दन: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पाण्डोः नन्दनः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages; direct address to a Pāṇḍava indicates the narrated discourse is framed to a listener styled 'Pāṇḍunandana' in this passage

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s third eye opens; a jet of fire erupts and strikes Kāma, reducing him to ash. Devas cry out in alarm as the cosmic balance trembles.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Third Eye)
• Kāmadeva
• heaven-dwellers (Nāka-vāsins)
• Pāṇḍunandana (addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked desire that attacks tapas is consumed by divine awareness; the Third Eye symbolizes discriminative wisdom that burns delusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it glorifies Śiva’s transcendent power (Third Eye) rather than a location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse functions as a mythic teaching on self-control and the supremacy of tapas.