Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

तेषां पुंस्त्वं हरिष्यामि महारौद्राधितिष्ठति । परिवारश्च मे चात्र षण्ढः सर्वो भविष्यति

Transliteration

teṣāṃ puṃstvaṃ hariṣyāmi mahāraudrādhitiṣṭhati | parivāraśca me cātra ṣaṇḍhaḥ sarvo bhaviṣyati

Translation

เราจักพรากความเป็นชายของพวกเขาไป เพราะเราสถิตอยู่ในพิโรธอันใหญ่ยิ่งคือมหารौทร และ ณ ที่นี้ บริวารทั้งสิ้นของเราก็จักเป็นดุจขันที

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• पुंस्त्वम्: manhood, masculinity
• पुंस्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हरिष्यामि: I will take away
• हरिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Simple future, 1st person singular

• महारौद्र: in/with the great Raudra (fierce form/state)
• महारौद्र: Adhikarana (Location/state/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (नामरूप), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अधितिष्ठति इत्यस्य अधिकरणे); 'great Raudra (form/state)'

• अधितिष्ठति: presides, stands over
• अधितिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present, 3rd person singular

• परिवारः: retinue, attendants
• परिवारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 1st person pronoun, Genitive singular

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• षण्ढः: eunuch
• षण्ढः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्ढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वः: all, entire
• सर्वः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Simple future, 3rd person singular

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayatrāḍa (Mahāraudra-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity in Mahāraudra form—eyes blazing, aura like fire—pronounces a curse; offenders recoil; symbolic depiction of ‘puṃstva-haraṇa’ as a fading masculine emblem/energy rather than explicit anatomy; the retinue mirrors the transformation, underscoring totality of the decree.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāraudra (fierce state/form)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma warns that deliberate offense to a worship-worthy deity invites severe consequences; reverence safeguards spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The warning is situated within the Dharmāraṇya/Gayatrāḍa sacred geography of the chapter rather than naming a new tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No positive rite is prescribed; it is a niṣedha-style warning against provoking/offending the deity.