Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

शशंस दैत्यराजाय दग्धं मदनमेव च । रुद्रेण क्रोधयुक्तेन तस्य भार्या मनस्विनी

Transliteration

śaśaṃsa daityarājāya dagdhaṃ madanameva ca | rudreṇa krodhayuktena tasya bhāryā manasvinī

Translation

مدن کی باہمت بیوی نے دانوؤں کے راجا کو خبر دی کہ غضب سے بھرے رُدر نے مدن (کام دیو) کو جلا کر راکھ کر دیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• śaśaṃsa: reported, told
• śaśaṃsa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śaṃs (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (परस्मैपदम्), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (Perfect, 3rd person singular)

• daitya-rājāya: to the demon king
• daitya-rājāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya-rāja (प्रातिपदिक; दैत्य + राजा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Dative singular, masculine); तत्पुरुषः—‘to the demon-king’

• dagdham: burnt
• dagdham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dagdha (कृदन्त; दह् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, masculine); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त—‘burnt’

• madanam: Madana (Kāma)
• madanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, masculine)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (particle ‘indeed/just’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction ‘and’)

• rudreṇa: by Rudra
• rudreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular, masculine)

• krodha-yuktena: angered
• krodha-yuktena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha-yukta (प्रातिपदिक; क्रोध + युक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular, masculine); तत्पुरुषः—‘endowed with anger’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Genitive singular)

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, feminine)

• manasvinī: high-spirited, resolute
• manasvinī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manasvinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, feminine)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rati, steadfast despite sorrow, stands before Śambara, reporting Kāma reduced to ashes; behind her, a faint vision of Rudra’s fiery third-eye blaze and a small heap of ash symbolizing Madana.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Madana (Kāma)
• Rati
• Śaṃbara (daitya-rāja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even desire (Kāma) is powerless before Rudra; self-control and Śiva’s supremacy are affirmed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa, oriented to Kedāra-kṣetra’s Śaiva milieu, though this verse itself is narrative rather than descriptive of a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it narrates the event of Kāma’s burning and its report to Śaṃbara.