Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

यैस्त्यक्तो ममताभावो लोभकोपौ निराकृतौ । ते यांति परमं स्थानं कामक्रोधविवर्जिताः

Transliteration

yaistyakto mamatābhāvo lobhakopau nirākṛtau | te yāṃti paramaṃ sthānaṃ kāmakrodhavivarjitāḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดละความยึดถือว่า “ของเรา” และสลัดโลภะกับโทสะออกไป ผู้นั้นย่อมถึงสถานอันสูงสุด ปราศจากกามและความพิโรธ

Word by Word

• यैः: by whom/with whom
• यैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्यक्तः: abandoned
• त्यक्तः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Verbal qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) → त्यक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ममताभावः: the state of possessiveness
• ममताभावः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ममता (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘mamatāyāḥ bhāvaḥ’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• लोभकोपौ: greed and anger
• लोभकोपौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक) + कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• निराकृतौ: removed/rejected
• निराकृतौ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Verbal qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + आ + कृ (धातु) → निराकृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कामक्रोधविवर्जिताः: free from desire and anger
• कामक्रोधविवर्जिताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि + वर्ज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: तृतीया/पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (sense: ‘kāma-krodha-vivarjitāḥ’ = devoid of desire and anger); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Himalayan ascetic-pilgrim at Kedāra, offering water and bilva to Śiva, while symbolic figures of Greed and Anger fall away; the path opens to a luminous ‘parama-sthāna’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Freedom from possessiveness, greed, anger, and desire is presented as the direct qualification for the supreme attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra section contextualizes the teaching, but the verse itself focuses on inner purification rather than a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; the prescription is moral-spiritual: abandon mamatā, lobha, kāma, and krodha.