Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

कौपीनं पतितं तत्र मुनिभिर्नान्यथोदितम् । तस्मात्त्वया प्रहातव्यं द्यूतोहारितमेव तत्

Transliteration

kaupīnaṃ patitaṃ tatra munibhirnānyathoditam | tasmāttvayā prahātavyaṃ dyūtohāritameva tat

Translation

«Os munis declararam que o kaupīna caiu ali, e não de outro modo. Portanto, deves abandoná-lo: é realmente como algo perdido no jogo.»

Word by Word

• कौपीनम्: loincloth
• कौपीनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौपीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन

• पतितम्: fallen
• पतितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (पत् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; कृदन्त (fallen)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• मुनिभिः: by the sages
• मुनिभिः: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Case 3), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Avyaya (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (otherwise)

• उदितम्: said, declared
• उदितम्: Karma (Predicate/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदित (वद्/उद्-इ धातु?; here from √वद् with उद्?; conventional: उदित = 'said/uttered', क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; कृदन्त (spoken/declared)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-शब्दः; हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (ablatival adverb: 'therefore/from that')

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Case 3), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रहातव्यम्: must be abandoned
• प्रहातव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-हा (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; कृत्य (gerundive/obligatory): 'to be abandoned'

• द्यूतोहारितम्: won in gambling
• द्यूतोहारितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्यूत-उहारित (प्रातिपदिक; components: द्यूत + उहारित)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्यूतेन उहारितम्/द्यूत-उहारितम् = won/obtained in gambling); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उहारित (√हृ/√हारय् caus.? k्त)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; अवधारणार्थक

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual frame) / Dāruvana (exemplum)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages insist the kaupīna fell at that spot; the counsel is to abandon it, likened to a gambling loss—an ironic moral about non-attachment.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva
• Ṛṣis
• Kaupīna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachments—even to symbols—should be relinquished; what is ‘lost’ in worldly play is best left behind, pointing toward higher vairāgya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra-centered teaching environment, though it uses metaphor rather than direct site praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it gives counsel to abandon the kaupīna, using a dyūta (gambling) metaphor.