Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ता गिरिजा तेन कण्ठं शर्वाद्विमुच्य सा । उवाच कोपरक्ताक्षी भृकुटीविकृतानना

Transliteration

ityuktā girijā tena kaṇṭhaṃ śarvādvimucya sā | uvāca koparaktākṣī bhṛkuṭīvikṛtānanā

Translation

So von ihm angesprochen, ließ Girijā Śarvas Hals los und sprach — die Augen vor Zorn gerötet, das Antlitz durch die gerunzelte Stirn verzerrt.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• uktā: having been addressed/said to
• uktā: Karta (of implied passive state/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘having been said to/addressed’

• girijā: Giri-jā (Pārvatī)
• girijā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: girijā (प्रातिपदिक) = giri + jā (जन्-धातुज)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गिरेः जाता)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental)

• kaṇṭham: neck
• kaṇṭham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative)

• śarvāt: from Śarva (Śiva)
• śarvāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (ablative)

• vimucya: having released
• vimucya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + muc (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वान्त/gerund), ‘विमुच्य’ = having released/letting go

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (pronoun)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• kopa-rakta-akṣī: with eyes reddened by anger
• kopa-rakta-akṣī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + rakta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + akṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कोपेन रक्ते अक्षिणी यस्याः)

• bhṛkuṭī-vikṛta-ānanā: with a face distorted by a frown
• bhṛkuṭī-vikṛta-ānanā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhṛkuṭī (प्रातिपदिक) + vikṛta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (भृकुट्या विकृतम् आननं यस्याः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī (Girijā) releases her grip from Śiva’s neck; her eyes are red with anger, brows knotted, face tense; Śiva stands composed, moon-crested, ash-smeared, with matted locks; the moment is charged with restrained divine intimacy and conflict.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā
• Pārvatī
• Śarva
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger visibly reshapes speech and conduct; dharma emphasizes mastering krodha before it hardens into harm.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; this is a transition verse in the dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.