Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

व्यापारदक्षा सततमहं चैव सुमध्यमे । हिमालयं न गच्छामि न याचामि कथंचन

Transliteration

vyāpāradakṣā satatamahaṃ caiva sumadhyame | himālayaṃ na gacchāmi na yācāmi kathaṃcana

Translation

اے باریک کمر والی! میں ہمیشہ کاموں میں ماہر ہوں؛ نہ میں ہمالیہ جاتا ہوں اور نہ کسی طرح بھی بھیک مانگتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• व्यापार-दक्षा: skilled in work/activities
• व्यापार-दक्षा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यापार (प्रातिपदिक) + दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• सततम्: always, constantly
• सततम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (speaker), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• सुमध्यमे: O slender-waisted one
• सुमध्यमे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘सु-मध्यमा यस्याः सा’

• हिमालयम्: the Himalaya
• हिमालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• गच्छामि: I go
• गच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• याचामि: I beg/ask
• याचामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कथंचन: in any way at all
• कथंचन: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय) + चन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘कथम्’ (how) + ‘चन’ (emphatic/indefinite particle) = ‘in any way/at all’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-Himālaya sphere (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composed speaker addresses a slender-waisted goddess/consort, declaring he will not go to the Himalaya nor beg; the Himalaya looms as a distant, snow-bright ideal behind a restrained domestic dialogue.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It conveys self-sufficiency and purposeful action, implying divine agency does not rely on worldly seeking or petitioning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Himālaya is referenced broadly; the larger section is Kedāra-khaṇḍa tied to the Kedāra Himalayan sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.