Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

तदोवाच महातेजा रावणो लोकरावणः । मय्यश्रद्धान्वितो भूत्वा विषयात्मा सुदुर्मदः

Transliteration

tadovāca mahātejā rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ | mayyaśraddhānvito bhūtvā viṣayātmā sudurmadaḥ

Translation

تب مہاتیز راؤَن—دنیا کو دہلا دینے والا—بول اٹھا؛ مجھ پر بے اعتقادی اختیار کیے، خواہشات کا اسیر اور سخت غرور میں ڈوبا ہوا۔

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (Adverb of time)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदी

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (great + splendor); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• रावणः: Rāvaṇa
• रावणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोकरावणः: the terror/roarer of the worlds
• लोकरावणः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (of the worlds + Rāvaṇa/roarer); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मयि: in me/towards me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अश्रद्धान्वितः: endowed with lack of faith
• अश्रद्धान्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुष (without faith + endowed); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• विषयात्मा: sense-object-minded
• विषयात्मा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (whose self is sense-objects); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुदुर्मदः: very arrogant
• सुदुर्मदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुर्मद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-विशेषण (intensified adjective); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Nandīśvara (describing Rāvaṇa’s disposition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāvaṇa, blazing with power, speaks with contempt and arrogance; his posture and expression show a mind ruled by senses and pride, set against the stillness of the sacred mountains.

Characters & Entities

• Nandīśvara
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Loss of śraddhā and domination by sense-craving breed pride, which leads to adharma and downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Kedāra region; the verse functions as moral framing within the Kedārakhaṇḍa pilgrimage narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical characterization meant to instruct by contrast.