Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

पुरा कृतं तस्य महात्मनस्त्वया किं विस्मृतं तत्सकलं शचीपते । तस्मादसौ त्वां विजिगीषुकामो गृहे वसंस्तस्यगिरेर्महात्मनः

Transliteration

purā kṛtaṃ tasya mahātmanastvayā kiṃ vismṛtaṃ tatsakalaṃ śacīpate | tasmādasau tvāṃ vijigīṣukāmo gṛhe vasaṃstasyagirermahātmanaḥ

Translation

“اے شچی پتی! کیا تم نے وہ سب کچھ بھلا دیا جو تم نے قدیم زمانے میں اس عظیم ہستی کے ساتھ کیا تھا؟ اسی لیے وہ تم پر غلبہ پانے کی خواہش سے اُس مقدس پہاڑ کے مہاتما کے گھر میں رہتا ہے۔”

Word by Word

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — ‘formerly’

• kṛtam: done/made
• kṛtam: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृत (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘done/made’

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of him/that’

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of the great-souled one’

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — ‘by you’

• kim: what?/is it that...?
• kim: Prashna (Interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक) — ‘what?/whether?’

• vismṛtam: forgotten
• vismṛtam: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-smṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘forgotten’

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘that’ (विशेषण)

• sakalam: entire
• sakalam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘entire/whole’ (विशेषण)

• śacīpate: O lord of Śacī (Indra)
• śacīpate: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śacī-pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — ‘O lord of Śacī (Indra)’

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/ablative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् (ablative used adverbially) — ‘therefore/from that’

• asau: that one/he
• asau: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — demonstrative ‘that person/he’

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘you’

• vijigīṣukāmaḥ: desiring to conquer
• vijigīṣukāmaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + jigīṣu + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘desirous of conquering’ (विशेषण, of asau)

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘in the house’

• vasan: dwelling
• vasan: Karta (Participial predicate of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘dwelling’ (agreeing with asau)

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of that’

• gireḥ: of the mountain
• gireḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of the mountain’

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of the great-souled one’ (referring to the mountain/person)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-associated Himalayan mountain abode (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada admonishes Indra: a pointed reminder of Indra’s earlier offense against a great being; in the distance, a mountain abode is shown, suggesting the adversary’s residence and impending challenge.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śacīpati)
• Śacī
• Nārada
• Tvaṣṭṛ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Past actions bear consequences; even powerful beings must face the results of earlier deeds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “mountain” residence is referenced, but no explicit tīrtha-name is given in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a warning and explanation of motive.