Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

एवमेतन्मया ख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । कामेश्वरस्य माहात्म्यं कामदाह सविस्तरम्

Transliteration

evametanmayā khyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | kāmeśvarasya māhātmyaṃ kāmadāha savistaram

Translation

如是，我已为你解说你所问之事——迦摩主（Kāmeśvara）的伟大，以及焚烧迦摩（Kāmadāha）的经过，详尽无遗。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक अव्यय (adverb ‘thus/in this manner’)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ख्यातम्: has been declared/made known
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगभाव (passive sense)

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object of asking/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• परिपृच्छसि: you ask (in detail)
• परिपृच्छसि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कामेश्वरस्य: of Kāmeśvara
• कामेश्वरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness, sacred glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• काम-दाह: O (you connected with) the burning of Kāma
• काम-दाह: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + दाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘कामस्य दाहः’ (burning of Kāma) used as संबोधन

• स-विस्तरम्: in detail, with elaboration
• स-विस्तरम्: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग-सदृश/प्रातिपदिक) + विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/सह-समासार्थ: ‘विस्तरेण सह’ = with detail; विशेषण of ‘माहात्म्यम्’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual conclusion)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpaśreṣṭha) addressed in the surrounding dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage concludes a sacred narration: seated in an āśrama, palm-leaf manuscript nearby, disciples attentive; in the background a subtle vignette of Kāma being reduced to ashes by Śiva’s fiery glance, with Pārvatī present.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmeśvara (Śiva)
• Kāmadāha
• Kāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya teachings are presented as authoritative answers—preserving sacred history, dharma, and the glory of Śiva at a specific sthala.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāmeśvara connected with Arbuda-parvata is the focus of the māhātmya being summarized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it functions as a colophon-like summary of the māhātmya and the Kāmadāha account.