Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

राज्यादिकं मोहमयं च पाशं त्यक्ता परेभ्यो विजयी स जातः

Transliteration

rājyādikaṃ mohamayaṃ ca pāśaṃ tyaktā parebhyo vijayī sa jātaḥ

Translation

राज्यादिकं मोहमयं पाशं परित्यज्य स परेभ्योऽतिविशिष्य विजयी बभूव।

Word by Word

• rājya-ādikam: kingdom etc. (royalty and the like)
• rājya-ādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (आदिः यस्य तत्)

• mohamayam: made of delusion, delusive
• mohamayam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: moha (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pāśam: snare, bond
• pāśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• tyaktā: having abandoned
• tyaktā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु) → tyakta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (अत्र भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोगः—‘त्यक्त्वा/त्यक्तः’ अर्थे)

• parebhyaḥ: from others
• parebhyaḥ: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), बहुवचन; अपादान (from others)

• vijayī: victorious
• vijayī: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vijayin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (विजयी = victorious)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jātaḥ: became, was born (came to be)
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

Speaker

Śacī (Indrāṇī) speaking to Indra (context continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A former ruler or celestial lord symbolically loosens a jeweled crown and steps away from a throne; the ‘snare’ appears as a net of illusion dissolving into Himalayan mist, with a distant Kedāra shrine and Śiva’s presence implied by a liṅga or trident silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Śacī (Indrāṇī)
• Indra (Purandara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest victory is mastery over delusion—especially attachment to power and status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse serves the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śaiva moral teaching on liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it prescribes an inner renunciation—abandoning attachment to worldly sovereignty.