Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

यावद्भावा ह्यनेकाश्च इंद्रियार्थास्तथैव च । यावच्च ममताभावस्तावदीशो हि दुर्लभः

Transliteration

yāvadbhāvā hyanekāśca iṃdriyārthāstathaiva ca | yāvacca mamatābhāvastāvadīśo hi durlabhaḥ

Translation

ตราบใดที่จิตยังแล่นไปในอารมณ์นานาประการ วัตถุแห่งอินทรีย์ยังคงอยู่ และความยึดว่า “ของเรา” ยังไม่ดับ—ตราบนั้นพระอีศวรย่อมเข้าถึงได้ยากยิ่ง

Word by Word

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Correlation marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (correlative adverb: ‘as long as/so long as’)

• bhāvāḥ: states/mental dispositions
• bhāvāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• anekāḥ: many
• anekāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (bhāvāḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• indriya-arthāḥ: objects of the senses
• indriya-arthāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (इन्द्रियाणाम् अर्थाः)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Manner adjunct (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/so’)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Correlation marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (correlative)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• mamatā-bhāvaḥ: the sense of ‘mine-ness’
• mamatā-bhāvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mamatā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ममतायाः भावः)

• tāvat: so long
• tāvat: Correlation marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (correlative: ‘so long/that long’)

• īśaḥ: the Lord
• īśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• durlabhaḥ: hard to obtain
• durlabhaḥ: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (īśaḥ)

Speaker

Nandī (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā (and assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative teaching tableau: Nandin points to the heart while symbolic sense-objects (forms, sounds, riches) swirl around Brahmā, illustrating distraction and ‘mine-ness’ as veils.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa (Śiva)
• Indriyas (senses)
• Mamatā (possessiveness)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-realization is blocked by scattered desires and possessiveness; renunciation and inner steadiness make the Lord accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is named; the verse provides the inner qualification for benefiting from Kedāra’s Śaiva sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the prescription is vairāgya—reducing sense-objects and mamatā.