Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

तथापि यत्नः क्रियतां यथा वध्यो भवेदसौ । निशम्य ब्रह्मणो वाक्यमूचुर्द्देवाः सवासवाः

Transliteration

tathāpi yatnaḥ kriyatāṃ yathā vadhyo bhavedasau | niśamya brahmaṇo vākyamūcurddevāḥ savāsavāḥ

Translation

ถึงกระนั้น จงพยายามให้เขากลายเป็นผู้ที่ฆ่าได้เถิด ครั้นได้สดับพระวาจาของพระพรหม เหล่าเทวะพร้อมด้วยพระอินทร์จึงกล่าวตอบ

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (concessive/also)

• यत्नः: effort
• यत्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be made/done
• क्रियताम्: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘क्रीयताम्’ = ‘let it be done’

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक (conjunction ‘so that/as’)

• वध्यः: killable/to be slain
• वध्यः: Pradhana (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम्

• भवेत्: may become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• असौ: that one (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निशम्य: having heard
• निशम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √शम्/√श्रम्? (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘निशम्य’ = ‘श्रुत्वा/आकर्ण्य’

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: speech/statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स-वासवाः: together with Vāsava (Indra)
• स-वासवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सह वासवेन/इन्द्रेण)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating; dialogue cue introduces the devas’ response

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas with Indra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā speaks a strategic injunction; the devas, with Indra, listen and respond, determined to find a way to make Vṛtra vulnerable.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Deva
• Indra (Vāsava)
• Vṛtra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires intelligent effort—when facing overwhelming adversity, one seeks lawful means and wise counsel rather than despair.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it belongs to the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concerns counsel and strategy.