Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तदोवाच रुषाविष्टो देवान्प्रति महेश्वरः । विना कामेन भो देवा भवितव्यं न चान्यथा

Transliteration

tadovāca ruṣāviṣṭo devānprati maheśvaraḥ | vinā kāmena bho devā bhavitavyaṃ na cānyathā

Translation

Pagkaraan, si Maheśvara, na nag-aalab sa galit, ay nagsalita sa mga diyos: “O mga diyos, kung wala si Kāma, hindi ito mangyayari—wala nang ibang daan.”

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ruṣā-āviṣṭaḥ: possessed by anger
• ruṣā-āviṣṭaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + ā-√viś (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभावः (रुषा आविष्टः = anger-possessed)

• devān: the gods
• devān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• prati: towards, to
• prati: Avyaya (Relation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like), ‘towards/with regard to’

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (महान् ईश्वरः)

• vinā: without
• vinā: Avyaya (Relation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गार्थक-अव्यय

• kāmena: with Kāma / by desire
• kāmena: Sahakāri/Instrument (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• bho: O!
• bho: Sambodhana-marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bho (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• devāḥ: O gods
• devāḥ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अत्र सम्बोधनार्थे

• bhavitavyam: must be, is inevitable
• bhavitavyam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु) + tavya (तव्यत्)
• Form: कर्तव्य/अनिवार्य (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे प्रयोगः ‘it must be/has to happen’

• na: not
• na: Avyaya (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahēśvara, anger kindled, turns toward the devas and declares the necessity of Kāma—‘it must be so, no other way’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Maheśvara)
• Devas
• Kāma/Kāmadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order operates through necessity (niyati); even desire has an ordained role within creation’s unfolding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within the Kedārakhaṇḍa framework that sanctifies the Kedāra region through Śiva-centered narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal statement within the narrative dialogue.