Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

प्रपंचरचनां हित्वा बुद्धो भव महामते । तत्त्वज्ञानेन निर्वर्त्य स्वस्थः क्रोधादिवर्जितः

Transliteration

prapaṃcaracanāṃ hitvā buddho bhava mahāmate | tattvajñānena nirvartya svasthaḥ krodhādivarjitaḥ

Translation

จงละการสานทอแห่งโครงสร้างทางโลกเสียเถิด; โอ้ผู้มีปัญญายิ่ง จงตื่นรู้เป็นพุทธะ. จงบรรลุด้วยญาณแห่งตัตตวะ; ตั้งมั่นในตน ปราศจากโทสะและกิเลสทั้งหลาย.

Word by Word

• प्रपञ्च-रचनाम्: the construction of worldly proliferation
• प्रपञ्च-रचनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + रचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः): प्रपञ्चस्य रचना

• हित्वा: having abandoned
• हित्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; अर्थः—‘त्यक्त्वा/परित्यज्य’

• बुद्धः: awakened, enlightened
• बुद्धः: Kartā (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; √बुध्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participle)

• भव: become
• भव: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

• तत्त्व-ज्ञानेन: by knowledge of reality
• तत्त्व-ज्ञानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः): तत्त्वस्य ज्ञानम्

• निर्वर्त्य: having accomplished
• निर्वर्त्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्√वृत्/वर्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्गः ‘निर्-’; अर्थः—‘समाप्य/निष्पाद्य’

• स्वस्थः: steady, at ease
• स्वस्थः: Kartā (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• क्रोध-आदि-वर्जितः: free from anger and the like
• क्रोध-आदि-वर्जितः: Kartā (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; √वृज्/वर्ज्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: क्रोधादिभिः वर्जितः (क्रोध-आदि = ‘anger etc.’)

Speaker

Śiva (continuing Mahādeva’s speech, addressing Nandin)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene instruction scene: Śiva (as Śambhu) or a realized teacher gestures toward renunciation while the disciple sits composed, angerless, with Himalaya peaks and a distant Kedāra shrine suggested.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Nandin (implied)
• Tattvajñāna
• Krodha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Freedom comes from truth-knowledge and inner composure, not from reactive anger or constructing worldly narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the implied sacred setting; the verse contributes to Kedāra’s Mahātmya by presenting Śiva’s liberating counsel.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual; the prescription is inner discipline—truth-knowledge, composure, and abandonment of anger.