Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

देवा मनुष्या गन्धर्वाः पिशाचोरगराक्षसाः । आज्ञानुल्लंघिनः सर्वे मदनस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

devā manuṣyā gandharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ | ājñānullaṃghinaḥ sarve madanasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

เหล่าเทวะ มนุษย์ คนธรรพ์ ปีศาจปิศาจะ นาค และรากษส—ล้วนไม่ล่วงละเมิดพระบัญชาของมทนะผู้มีมหาจิต

Word by Word

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• मनुष्याः: humans
• मनुष्याः: Karta (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पिशाच-उरग-राक्षसाः: Piśācas, serpents, and Rākṣasas
• पिशाच-उरग-राक्षसाः: Karta (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक) + उरग (प्रातिपदिक) + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (piśācas, serpents, and rākṣasas)

• आज्ञा-उल्लङ्घिनः: transgressors of the command
• आज्ञा-उल्लङ्घिनः: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक) + उल्लङ्घिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; आज्ञाम् उल्लङ्घयन्ति इति (command-transgressing); विशेषणम् (of all listed beings)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• मदनस्य: of Madana (Kāma)
• मदनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘मदनस्य’)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic procession of beings—devas, humans, gandharvas, piśācas, nāgas, rākṣasas—each shown pausing or bowing as if halted by an unseen decree of Madana.

Characters & Entities

• Madana
• Devas
• Humans
• Gandharvas
• Piśācas
• Nāgas
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire is depicted as universally binding across realms, so spiritual practice must include restraint and right intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra is the overarching pilgrimage context (Kedārakhaṇḍa), though this verse itself is not a site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated.