Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

मयार्थितो महाभाग पतिस्त्वं नान्यथा वद । किं तु वक्ष्यामि भद्रं ते निर्गुणोऽसि परंतपः

Transliteration

mayārthito mahābhāga patistvaṃ nānyathā vada | kiṃ tu vakṣyāmi bhadraṃ te nirguṇo'si paraṃtapaḥ

Translation

“ข้าพเจ้าได้อ้อนวอนท่าน โอ้ผู้มีบุญวาสนายิ่ง อย่ากล่าวเป็นอื่น—ท่านคือสามีของข้า แต่เพื่อประโยชน์แก่ท่าน ข้าขอกล่าวว่า โอ้ผู้ปราบศัตรู ท่านเป็นนิรคุณะ อยู่เหนือคุณทั้งปวง”

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta/Agent (doer in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-प्रत्यययुक्त सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• अर्थितः: requested; entreated
• अर्थितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययः क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; “requested/entreated” (agreeing with implied ‘त्वम्’)

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—महान् भागः यस्य

• पतिः: husband; lord
• पतिः: Pratijna/Predicate nominal (सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• वद: speak; say
• वद: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रश्नार्थक-निपात (interrogative particle)

• तु: but; however
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• वक्ष्यामि: I will say
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुषः (1st), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• भद्रम्: good fortune; auspiciousness
• भद्रम्: Karma/Prayojana (Object/benediction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; आशीर्वचनार्थे (benedictive usage)

• ते: to you; for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन (enclitic)

• निर्गुणः: without qualities; attributeless
• निर्गुणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—निः (without) + गुण

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• परंतपः: O scorcher of foes
• परंतपः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परं-तप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—परान् तपयति (he who scorches foes)

Speaker

Girijā (Pārvatī/Satī) (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted woman asserts her chosen bond with Rudra—‘you are my husband’—then offers a doctrinal praise: ‘you are nirguṇa,’ blending intimacy and metaphysics in one utterance.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is both intimately related (as beloved) and transcendent (nirguṇa), unconfined by worldly attributes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is theological-dialogic within Kedārakhaṇḍa and does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.