Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ततस्त्यक्ष्यति भीमोऽपि पातकं तन्महत्तव । एवं ज्ञात्वा धारय त्वं स्वशरीरं महामते

Transliteration

tatastyakṣyati bhīmo'pi pātakaṃ tanmahattava | evaṃ jñātvā dhāraya tvaṃ svaśarīraṃ mahāmate

Translation

จากนั้นแม้ภีมะเองก็จะสลัดบาปใหญ่ของท่านนั้นทิ้งไป เมื่อรู้ดังนี้แล้ว โอ้ผู้มีปัญญาใหญ่ จงประคองกายของตนไว้ อย่าละทิ้งเสีย

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-प्रभव अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमसूचक (thereupon/thereafter)

• त्यक्ष्यति: he will abandon
• त्यक्ष्यति: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक अव्यय (also/even)

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (referring to the mentioned sin)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकालक्रिया, अव्ययभाव

• धारय: hold/maintain
• धारय: Kriya (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• स्वशरीरम्: your own body
• स्वशरीरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—स्वं शरीरम् (one's own body)

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—महती मतिः यस्य सः (one of great intellect)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa reporting dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A counselor assures the hero that even Bhīma will later cast off the great sin; the hero is urged to ‘hold the body’—a calm, stabilizing moment after intense lament.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Do not succumb to despair; endure patiently, because divine resolution and purification are assured in due course.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is directly named in this verse; it functions as a moral instruction within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; the instruction is to preserve one’s body and wait for the ordained outcome.