Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

एहि तन्वि मया सार्द्धं राज्यं भोगान्यथेष्टतः । भुंक्ष्व देवि प्रसादान्मे तपसा किं प्रयोजनम्

Transliteration

ehi tanvi mayā sārddhaṃ rājyaṃ bhogānyatheṣṭataḥ | bhuṃkṣva devi prasādānme tapasā kiṃ prayojanam

Translation

“آؤ اے نازک اندام، میرے ساتھ چلو؛ اپنی مرضی کے مطابق سلطنت اور لذتیں بھوگو۔ اے دیوی، میری عنایت سے فیض اٹھاؤ—تپسیا کی کیا حاجت؟”

Word by Word

• एहि: come
• एहि: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन = Imperative, 2nd person, Singular

• तन्वि: O slender one
• तन्वि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (आमन्त्रण), एकवचन = Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• मया: with me
• मया: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (सर्वनाम), तृतीया, एकवचन = Instrumental, Singular ‘by/with me’

• सार्द्धम्: together
• सार्द्धम्: Sahārtha (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-अर्थक) = indeclinable ‘together with’

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोगानि: enjoyments
• भोगानि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन = Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अथ: and then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनन्तर) = particle ‘and/then’

• इष्टतः: as you wish
• इष्टतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इष्टतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक) = adverb ‘as desired/at will’

• भुङ्क्ष्व: enjoy
• भुङ्क्ष्व: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद = Imperative, 2nd person, Singular

• देवि: O goddess/lady
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन = Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रसादात्: from (my) favor/grace
• प्रसादात्: Apādāna (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन = Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (एन्क्लिटिक) = Genitive/Dative, Singular; अत्र षष्ठी ‘my’

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Prayojana-praśna (Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; प्रश्नवाचक

• प्रयोजनम्: purpose/use
• प्रयोजनम्: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Śaṃbara

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṃbara gestures expansively—offering kingdom, pleasures, and protection—while dismissing austerity; Rati stands composed, her restraint contrasting his opulent promises.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃbara
• Rati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text contrasts bhoga (sense-enjoyment) with tapas (austerity), warning against temptation that undermines dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa frame connects the narrative to Kedāra, but this verse itself is a moral-psychological moment, not tīrtha praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas is referenced conceptually, but no specific vrata, snāna, dāna, or japa is prescribed here.