Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

अहमाकारितः कस्माद्ब्रूहि मेऽद्य शचीपते । किं कार्यं करवाण्यद्य कथ्यतां मा विलंबितम्

Transliteration

ahamākāritaḥ kasmādbrūhi me'dya śacīpate | kiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇyadya kathyatāṃ mā vilaṃbitam

Translation

เหตุใดข้าจึงถูกเรียกมา? โปรดตรัสบอกข้าวันนี้เถิด โอ้พระศจีปติ วันนี้ข้าพึงทำกิจใด? ขอจงตรัส—อย่าทรงรีรอ

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative), लिङ्ग-निर्देशः न (pronoun)

• आकारितः: having been summoned/called
• आकारितः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ√कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा; ‘आहूतः/आमन्त्रितः’ इत्यर्थे

• कस्मात्: from what cause/why
• कस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः, एकवचन, पञ्चमी (Ablative)

• ब्रूहि: tell (me)
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, चतुर्थी (Dative) / षष्ठी (Genitive) रूप ‘मे’; अत्र सम्प्रदान (to me)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• शचीपते: O lord of Śacī (Indra)
• शचीपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शच्याः पति), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सम्बोधन (Vocative)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; अत्र प्रश्नार्थकं ‘what’

• कार्यम्: task/work
• कार्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; अत्र कर्मरूपे द्वितीया

• करवाणि: should I do
• करवाणि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• कथ्यताम्: let it be told
• कथ्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, कर्मणि प्रयोगः (Passive)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• विलंबितम्: delay (it)
• विलंबितम्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial complement/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि√लम्ब् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा; ‘delayed’

Speaker

Madana (Kāma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine figure, newly summoned, addresses Indra (Śacīpati) with urgency, asking the purpose of the summons; the setting evokes a celestial court with Himalayan austerity implied by the Kedāra frame.

Characters & Entities

• Madana (Kāma)
• Śacīpati (Indra)
• Śacī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power seeks clear purpose; even potent forces should be directed toward a defined dharmic end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra Khaṇḍa milieu is present, but the verse is a conversational prompt rather than tīrtha praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request for immediate instruction.