Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

मायानिरसनात्सद्यो नश्यत्येव गुणत्रयम् । यदा गुणत्रयातीतो भवतीति स मुक्तिभाक्

Transliteration

māyānirasanātsadyo naśyatyeva guṇatrayam | yadā guṇatrayātīto bhavatīti sa muktibhāk

Translation

เมื่อมายาถูกขจัดแล้ว ไตรคุณย่อมดับสิ้นโดยฉับพลัน และเมื่อผู้ใดก้าวพ้นไตรคุณ ผู้นั้นแลย่อมเป็นผู้มีส่วนแห่งโมกษะ

Word by Word

• मायानिरसनात्: from (by) the removal of māyā
• मायानिरसनात्: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया-निरसन (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: माया + निरसन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• नश्यति: perishes
• नश्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• गुणत्रयम्: the three guṇas
• गुणत्रयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: गुण + त्रय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) / द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अत्र कर्तृपदम् (नश्यति इत्यस्य)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Temporal connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: when)

• गुणत्रयातीतः: one who has transcended the three guṇas
• गुणत्रयातीतः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण-त्रय-अतीत (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: गुण + त्रय + अतीत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘स’ इति सर्वनाम्नः

• भवति: becomes / is
• भवति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुक्तिभाक्: partaker of liberation
• मुक्तिभाक्: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्ति-भाज् (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: मुक्ति + भाज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘स’ इति; ‘भाज्’ इत्यस्य क्विप्-प्रत्ययान्त-रूपम् (भाक्)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegorical tableau: three colored strands (sattva-white, rajas-red, tamas-black) unravel and vanish as a yogin’s awareness rests in Śiva; the guṇas fall away like broken fetters.

Characters & Entities

• māyā
• guṇatraya
• mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is defined as becoming guṇātīta (beyond sattva-rajas-tamas), which follows the removal of māyā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kedāra’s Mahātmya, the teaching frames the tīrtha as a place that supports guṇātīta realization through Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies the discipline of māyā-removal through Śiva-centered practice (expanded explicitly in the next verse as liṅga-arcana).