Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

मनसा दूयमानेन शंन लेभे पितामहः । ज्ञात्वा सर्वं प्रयत्नेन दुष्कृतं तस्य पापिनः

Transliteration

manasā dūyamānena śaṃna lebhe pitāmahaḥ | jñātvā sarvaṃ prayatnena duṣkṛtaṃ tasya pāpinaḥ

Translation

मनसा दह्यमानेन पितामहः शान्तिं न लेभे; स पापिनो दक्षस्य दुष्कृतं सर्वं प्रयत्नेन निश्चित्य ज्ञातवान्।

Word by Word

• मनसा: by/with the mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• दूयमानेन: being pained/afflicted
• दूयमानेन: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूय् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मनसा इति)

• शं: well-being, auspiciousness
• शं: Sambandha/Prayojana (Benedictive particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; मंगलार्थक-निपात (benedictive particle)

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

• लेभे: obtained, found
• लेभे: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort
• प्रयत्नेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• दुष्कृतम्: evil deed, wrongdoing
• दुष्कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; (पापकर्म)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पापिनः: of the sinner
• पापिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (narrative pivot)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, troubled and sleepless, realizes Dakṣa’s grievous offense; the cosmic atmosphere is heavy, as if the worlds await Śiva’s response.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Dakṣa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma disturbs not only the doer but the whole moral order; knowledge of wrongdoing compels corrective action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific terrestrial site is praised in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.