Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

इंद्रं हित्वा मनोज्ञं च यमं चैव महाप्रभम् । नैरृतं च विशालाक्षं वरुणं च अपां पतिम्

Transliteration

iṃdraṃ hitvā manojñaṃ ca yamaṃ caiva mahāprabham | nairṛtaṃ ca viśālākṣaṃ varuṇaṃ ca apāṃ patim

Translation

ครั้นละเว้นอินทร์ผู้รื่นรมย์ และยมผู้เป็นมหาเจ้า; ทั้งไนฤตผู้มีเนตรกว้าง และวรุณผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งสายน้ำ—

Word by Word

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• हित्वा: having abandoned
• हित्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• मनोज्ञम्: pleasing, delightful
• मनोज्ञम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यमम्: Yama
• यमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• महाप्रभम्: great-lordly, very powerful
• महाप्रभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् प्रभुः/प्रभा यस्य)

• नैरृतम्: Nairṛta (deity of the southwest)
• नैरृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैरृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नैरृतः = निर्ऋतेः/निरृतिदेवता)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विशालाक्षम्: wide-eyed
• विशालाक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशालाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—विशालाः अक्षी यस्य

• वरुणम्: Varuṇa
• वरुणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• पतिम्: lord
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva) in baṭu-rūpa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Himalayan tapas-site: a radiant baṭu-form Rudra speaks while the cosmic guardians are implicitly ‘set aside’—their emblems (vajra, daṇḍa, noose, water-pot) appear as subdued motifs around the ascetic scene.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Yama
• Nairṛta
• Varuṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse frames a choice: leaving even great deities behind, the seeker is drawn toward a higher, ultimate refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, where the narrative emphasizes Śiva’s unique greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; it is part of a theological argument within the story.