Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

यम उवाच । न मे स्थानं परित्यक्तुं त्वया युक्तं महेश्वर । कैलासादधिकं देव जायते वचनादिदम्

Transliteration

yama uvāca | na me sthānaṃ parityaktuṃ tvayā yuktaṃ maheśvara | kailāsādadhikaṃ deva jāyate vacanādidam

Translation

ยมกล่าวว่า: โอ้พระมหेशวร ไม่สมควรที่พระองค์จะละทิ้งที่พำนักของเราเลย ข้าแต่เทพ ด้วยพระวาจาของพระองค์ สถานที่นี้ยิ่งใหญ่เหนือไกรลาสเสียอีก

Word by Word

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्थानम्: place/abode
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परित्यक्तुम्: to abandon
• परित्यक्तुम्: Kriya-arthaka (Infinitival complement/क्रियार्थक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), क्रियार्थक; ‘to abandon’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr/Agent (Doer/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• युक्तम्: proper/appropriate
• युक्तम्: Vidhaya/Predicate (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) अर्थे ‘उचितम्’

• महेश्वर: O Maheśvara
• महेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कैलासात्: from Kailāsa
• कैलासात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• अधिकम्: greater
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनार्थक (comparative sense: 'more/greater')

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जायते: arises/is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वचनात्: from (your) word/command
• वचनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Yama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya / Yama-sthāna (as implied by section)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Mahēśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama addresses Śiva with respectful firmness, urging him not to abandon Yama’s abode, proclaiming that by Śiva’s word the place becomes greater than Kailāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is established by divine presence and divine speech; Śiva’s word itself confers extraordinary sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya (implied as Yama’s place) is praised as becoming ‘greater than Kailāsa’ through Śiva’s word.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is mentioned; the emphasis is on the sanctifying power of divine utterance and presence.