Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

एवं विवदमानं तं बटुरूपं सदाशिवम् । विसर्जयामास तदा विजया वाक्यकोविदा

Transliteration

evaṃ vivadamānaṃ taṃ baṭurūpaṃ sadāśivam | visarjayāmāsa tadā vijayā vākyakovidā

Translation

وهكذا، إذ كان يواصل الجدال—سَدَاشِيفا في هيئة براهمتشاريٍّ فتى—قامت فيجيا، البارعة في القول، بصرفه حينئذٍ.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• vivadamānam: arguing; disputing
• vivadamānam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi+vad (वद् धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• baṭu-rūpam: having the form of a boy (ascetic student)
• baṭu-rūpam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: baṭu (बटु) + rūpa (रूप) (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव: बटोरूपः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sadāśivam: Sadāśiva
• sadāśivam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadāśiva (सदाशिव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• visarjayāmāsa: dismissed; sent away
• visarjayāmāsa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+√sṛj (सृज् धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) + लिट्/परिप्रयोग (आमास)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect; periphrastic), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) प्रयोग: ‘विसर्जयति’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• vijayā: Vijayā
• vijayā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijayā (विजया प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vākya-kovidā: skilled in speech
• vākya-kovidā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vākya (वाक्य) + kovidā (कोविदा) (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वाक्येषु कोविदा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa by section convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sadāśiva as a young brahmacārin continues arguing; Vijayā, eloquent and composed, formally dismisses him; companions observe, uncertain; Himalayan shrine ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Vijayā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s līlā includes concealment and testing; human responses can dismiss the divine when it appears in humble form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedārnātha is the broader Mahātmya setting for this episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; the verse advances the narrative of Śiva’s disguised encounter.