Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 192

Devanagari script

रागिणां हि सदा शंभुर्दुर्लभो नात्र संशयः । तस्माद्विरागिणां नित्यं सन्मुखो हि सदाशिवः

Transliteration

rāgiṇāṃ hi sadā śaṃbhurdurlabho nātra saṃśayaḥ | tasmādvirāgiṇāṃ nityaṃ sanmukho hi sadāśivaḥ

Translation

สำหรับผู้ที่ถูกผูกมัดด้วยราคะและความยึดติด พระศัมภูย่อมเข้าถึงได้ยากเสมอ—ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลย ดังนั้นสำหรับผู้มีไวราคยะ (ความคลายกำหนัด) พระสทาศิวะทรงสถิตอยู่เบื้องหน้าเสมอ ใกล้ชิดและเปี่ยมพระกรุณา

Word by Word

• रागिणाम्: of the passionate/attached ones
• रागिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• दुर्लभः: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभः: Predicate (विशेष्य-विशेषण भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adverbial (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; निषेधेन सह—‘न ... संशयः’

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Logical connector (हेतु/निगमन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थ/अपादानार्थ (therefore/from that reason)

• विरागिणाम्: of the dispassionate ones
• विरागिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• नित्यम्: always/constantly
• नित्यम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-प्रथमा/द्वितीया प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative)

• सन्मुखः: facing/turned towards (favorable)
• सन्मुखः: Predicate (विशेष्य-विशेषण भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन् + मुख (प्रातिपदिक); सन्मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), निश्चयार्थ

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा + शिव (प्रातिपदिक); सदाशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; doctrinal statement within narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative Śaiva teaching moment: the contrast between a desire-bound seeker and a serene renunciant before the luminous presence of Sadāśiva, with Kedāra’s Himalayan stillness implied.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Sadāśiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment obstructs realization of Śiva, while dispassion makes divine grace immediately accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra Māhātmya framework underlies the teaching, but the verse itself is a general spiritual principle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No outer ritual is prescribed; the implied practice is cultivating vairāgya (dispassion).