Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

यावद्रोषो भवेन्नॄणां नारीणां च विशेषतः । तेन रोषेण तत्सर्वं भस्मीभूतं भविष्यति

Transliteration

yāvadroṣo bhavennṝṇāṃ nārīṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | tena roṣeṇa tatsarvaṃ bhasmībhūtaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

Пока в людях — особенно в женщинах — поднимается гнев, тем самым гневом всё это обратится в пепел.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as much as/so long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Correlation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक अव्यय (as long as/so much)

• रोषः: anger
• रोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: may arise/be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नॄणाम्: of men
• नॄणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• नारीणाम्: of women
• नारीणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• रोषेण: by anger
• रोषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सर्वम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भस्मीभूतम्: reduced to ashes
• भस्मीभूतम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भस्मी-भूत (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘सर्वम्’

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic moment: the speaker evokes anger as a consuming fire; the background suggests ash, smoke, or a sacrificial fire turning ominous—symbolizing merit reduced to ashes.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger is spiritually and socially ruinous; it burns up harmony and accumulated merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as moral instruction within Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.