Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ततस्तृतीयनेत्रोत्थवह्निना नाकवासिनाम् । क्रोशतां गमितः कामो भस्मत्वं पांडुनंदन

Transliteration

tatastṛtīyanetrotthavahninā nākavāsinām | krośatāṃ gamitaḥ kāmo bhasmatvaṃ pāṃḍunaṃdana

Translation

Bấy giờ, bởi ngọn lửa bừng lên từ Con Mắt Thứ Ba, Kāmadeva bị thiêu thành tro—trong khi chư thiên trên trời kêu khóc, hỡi con của Pāṇḍu.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरार्थ (adverb: then/thereupon)

• तृतीय-नेत्र-उत्थ-वह्निना: by the fire arisen from the third eye
• तृतीय-नेत्र-उत्थ-वह्निना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (तृतीयस्य नेत्रस्य उत्थः वह्निः)

• नाकवासिनाम्: of the dwellers in heaven (gods)
• नाकवासिनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नाके वसन्ति)

• क्रोशताम्: of (those) crying out
• क्रोशताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी, बहुवचन; जनसम्बन्धे (of those crying out)

• गमितः: was led / was brought to
• गमितः: Kriya (क्रियाविशेष/participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘गमयति’ इत्यर्थे (caused to go/led)

• कामः: Kāma (Cupid)
• कामः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भस्मत्वम्: to ashes-ness / ash-state
• भस्मत्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• पाण्डुनन्दन: O son of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुनन्दन: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पाण्डोः नन्दनः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages; direct address to a Pāṇḍava indicates the narrated discourse is framed to a listener styled 'Pāṇḍunandana' in this passage

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s third eye opens; a jet of fire erupts and strikes Kāma, reducing him to ash. Devas cry out in alarm as the cosmic balance trembles.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Third Eye)
• Kāmadeva
• heaven-dwellers (Nāka-vāsins)
• Pāṇḍunandana (addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked desire that attacks tapas is consumed by divine awareness; the Third Eye symbolizes discriminative wisdom that burns delusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it glorifies Śiva’s transcendent power (Third Eye) rather than a location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse functions as a mythic teaching on self-control and the supremacy of tapas.