Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

मदनोयं समायातः सुराणां कार्यसिद्धये । तस्मात्त्वया रक्षणीय उपकारः परो हि नः

Transliteration

madanoyaṃ samāyātaḥ surāṇāṃ kāryasiddhaye | tasmāttvayā rakṣaṇīya upakāraḥ paro hi naḥ

Translation

ఈ మదనుడు దేవతల కార్యసిద్ధి కోసం వచ్చాడు. కాబట్టి నీవు ఇతనిని రక్షించవలెను; ఇతని ఉపకారం మాకు అత్యంత విలువైనది.

Word by Word

• madanaḥ: Madana (Kāma)
• madanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• samāyātaḥ: has come, arrived
• samāyātaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√yā (धाातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘has come/arrived’

• surāṇām: of the gods
• surāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• kārya-siddhaye: for the accomplishment of the task
• kārya-siddhaye: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कार्यस्य सिद्धिः)

• tasmāt: therefore, from that (reason)
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• rakṣaṇīyaḥ: to be protected
• rakṣaṇīyaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √rakṣ (धातु) + anīya (अनीयर्)
• Form: विधेय-विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तव्य/योग्य (gerundive: ‘to be protected’)

• upakāraḥ: favor, help
• upakāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• paraḥ: supreme, great
• paraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying upakāraḥ)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-प्रदर्शक

• naḥ: of us, our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचनस्य/द्विवचनस्य रूपम् (enclitic); ‘of us/our’

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, anxious for their mission, stand before Mahādeva in a Himalayan Kedāra setting, pleading that Madana (Kāma) be protected for the success of divine purpose.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmadeva (Madana)
• Devas
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even powerful forces like desire have a dharmic role when aligned with a higher divine purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śaiva setting; the verse itself is not a tīrtha-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request for protection within the mythic dialogue.