Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

कौपीनाच्छा दनं तस्या च्छलोक्त्या च प्रहस्य वै । तदा गणाश्च सख्यश्च त्रपया पीडिता भवन्

Transliteration

kaupīnācchā danaṃ tasyā cchaloktyā ca prahasya vai | tadā gaṇāśca sakhyaśca trapayā pīḍitā bhavan

Translation

แม้ผ้าคอปีนะอันเป็นผ้าปกปิดของพระองค์ นางก็ฉวยไป พร้อมถ้อยคำหยอกล้อและเสียงหัวเราะ ครั้นนั้นเหล่าคณะคณะ (คณะเทพ) และสหายของนางต่างถูกความละอายบีบคั้น

Word by Word

• कौपीनाच्छादनम्: the loincloth covering
• कौपीनाच्छादनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौपीन + आच्छादन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘loincloth-covering/covering garment’

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — ‘of her’

• छलोक्त्या: by a deceitful utterance
• छलोक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छल + उक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — ‘by/with a deceitful statement’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — ‘and’

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• प्रहस्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-हस् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्यय — ‘having laughed’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात — emphasis

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय — adverb ‘then’

• गणाः: the gaṇas (attendants)
• गणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘attendants/gaṇas’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक — ‘and’

• सख्यः: friends/companions
• सख्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘friends/companions’ (Vedic/epic plural form)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक — ‘and’

• त्रपया: by shame
• त्रपया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — ‘by shame’

• पीडिताः: afflicted
• पीडिताः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीडित (कृदन्त; पीड्+क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘afflicted’ (agreeing with gaṇāḥ/sakhyaḥ)

• अभवन्: became
• अभवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘became/were’

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādevī, still jesting, removes Śiva’s loincloth; attendants and companions avert their faces in acute embarrassment; Śiva remains composed, highlighting the contrast between divine freedom and attendant modesty.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied)
• Mahādevī (implied)
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine play highlights dharmic sensibilities like modesty (trapā) and the social-spiritual weight of speech and conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra (Kedārakhaṇḍa) is the narrative setting, part of the Skanda Purāṇa’s sacred travel geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.