Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

त्वं धर्मनामासि कथं कितवाय प्रदत्तवान् । मम राज्यविनाशाय कृतमस्ति त्वयाऽधुना

Transliteration

tvaṃ dharmanāmāsi kathaṃ kitavāya pradattavān | mama rājyavināśāya kṛtamasti tvayā'dhunā

Translation

تو ‘دھرم’ کے نام سے موسوم ہے—پھر تُو نے جواری کو میرا منصب کیسے دے دیا؟ اب تیری ہی کارگزاری سے میری سلطنت کی تباہی واقع ہو گئی ہے۔

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्गे (masc. usage), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• धर्म-नाम: (one) named ‘Dharma’ / having the name Dharma
• धर्म-नाम: Karmadharaya/Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpurusha: ‘dharma’ as qualifier of ‘name’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• कितवाय: to the gambler/cheat
• कितवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कितव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रदत्तवान्: (you) have given
• प्रदत्तवान्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु) + क्तवत् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि प्रयोग (agentive)

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• राज्य-विनाशाय: for the destruction of (my) kingdom
• राज्य-विनाशाय: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpurusha), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular); प्रयोजनार्थे (purpose)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Karma/Phrase predicate (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive; करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Śakra), distressed at the ruin of his sovereignty, confronts Dharma/Yama with a pointed accusation about granting power to an unworthy gambler; courtly setting with divine regalia dimmed by crisis.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Dharma/Yama
• Kitava (the gambler/cheat)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Authority must be aligned with worthiness and dharma; giving power to the unrighteous leads to social and cosmic disorder.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it is a dharma-judicial exchange within Kedāra-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.