Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

किमर्थं रोदिशि मुने शोके किं कारणं तव । सुगुह्यमपि चेद्बूहि जिज्ञासा महती हि मे

Transliteration

kimarthaṃ rodiśi mune śoke kiṃ kāraṇaṃ tava | suguhyamapi cedbūhi jijñāsā mahatī hi me

Translation

“Bakit ka umiiyak, O muni? Ano ang sanhi ng iyong dalamhati? Kahit ito’y pinakalihim, ipahayag mo—sapagkat dakila ang aking pagnanais na malaman.”

Word by Word

• किमर्थम्: for what reason? why?
• किमर्थम्: Kriya-visheshana (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: किम्+अर्थम्); प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• रोदिशि: you weep
• रोदिशि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• शोके: in grief
• शोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्न

• कारणम्: cause, reason
• कारणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सुगुह्यम्: very secret
• सुगुह्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः: सु+गुह्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अभिप्रेतं ‘वचनम्/वृत्तान्तम्’)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition marker/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• ब्रूहि: tell (me)
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जिज्ञासा: desire to know, inquiry
• जिज्ञासा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिज्ञासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• महतī: great
• महतī: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘जिज्ञासा’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• मे: my, of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) / चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (my)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unnamed muni (addressed as 'mune')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhṛgu addresses the sage gently: the sage weeps; Bhṛgu leans forward, palm open in reassurance, asking the cause of grief and requesting disclosure even if secret.

Characters & Entities

• muni (the sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere inquiry (jijñāsā) and respectful questioning of saints is a dharmic path to understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site-name appears in this verse; it continues the tīrtha-setting conversation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse models respectful spiritual inquiry rather than a formal rite.