Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

निरस्तोऽपि हि तस्मात्त्वमवसानपरो भव

Transliteration

nirasto'pi hi tasmāttvamavasānaparo bhava

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น แม้ท่านจะถูกขับไล่แล้วก็ตาม จงมั่นคงจนถึงที่สุด และทำกิจนี้ให้สำเร็จลุล่วง

Word by Word

• निरस्तः: rejected/cast out
• निरस्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + अस् (धातु) → निरस्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘cast out/rejected’

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• अवसान-परः: intent on the conclusion
• अवसान-परः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवसान (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘अवसाने परः’ (intent on the end/conclusion)

• भव: be (become)
• भव: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śacī (Indrāṇī), by context (commanding a messenger/deva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A counsel-giver addresses a dejected figure who has been cast out; the outcast stands upright with staff, eyes steady; behind them, a rugged Himalayan path suggests perseverance to the end.

Characters & Entities

• Śacī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is fulfilled by perseverance—one should complete the assigned duty even under humiliation or setback.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa, oriented to Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra’s sacred geography, though this line itself is an instruction rather than a direct tirtha-eulogy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is an ethical injunction to persist until completion.