Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

छलेनैव महाभाग कोलसंदर्शनेन हि । शिवरात्रिदिने चात्र स्वप्नस्ते न च योषितः

Transliteration

chalenaiva mahābhāga kolasaṃdarśanena hi | śivarātridine cātra svapnaste na ca yoṣitaḥ

Translation

О счастливец! Под одним лишь предлогом — воистину, увидев вепря — в этот самый день Шиваратри у тебя не было ни сна, ни общения с женщиной.

Word by Word

• छलेन: by deceit
• छलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by means of deceit)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• महाभाग: O noble one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular (O fortunate one)

• कोल: boar
• कोल: Sambandha (Genitival relation in compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• संदर्शनेन: by the sight/vision
• संदर्शनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by the sight/appearance)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• शिवरात्रिदिने: on the day of Śivarātri
• शिवरात्रिदिने: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवरात्रि + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (on the day of Śivarātri)

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्वप्नः: a dream
• स्वप्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (of you/your)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

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

• योषितः: women
• योषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural (women)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Puṣkasa (the beneficiary)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee is described as having stayed awake on Śivarātri and remained without a woman; the ‘boar sighting’ functions as a narrative pretext leading to inadvertent vrata-like austerity in the Kedāra setting.

Characters & Entities

• Śivarātri
• Kola (boar)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even circumstantial restraint—wakefulness and avoidance of sensual indulgence—aligns with Śivarātri dharma and becomes spiritually fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, as the setting of the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śivarātri discipline: jāgara (no sleep) and brahmacarya/indriya-nigraha (restraint).