Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

अत्रैव तं समानीय वरयामि विचक्षणम् । नाशयामि रुद्रस्य रुद्रत्वं वारवर्णिनि

Transliteration

atraiva taṃ samānīya varayāmi vicakṣaṇam | nāśayāmi rudrasya rudratvaṃ vāravarṇini

Translation

„Gerade hier werde ich Ihn herbeibringen und jenen Einsichtsvollen zum Bräutigam wählen. O Mutter von hellem Antlitz, ich werde selbst Rudras ‚Rudra-Sein‘ besänftigen — seine wilde, unnahbare Seite.“

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'here')

• एव: indeed, right
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (particle: 'indeed/only')

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समानीय: having brought
• समानीय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-नी (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): 'having brought'

• वरयामि: I choose (as husband)
• वरयामि: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु) [वरणे]
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विचक्षणम्: discerning, wise
• विचक्षणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तम्)

• नाशयामि: I will destroy / cause to perish
• नाशयामि: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) [नाशने] (णिच् causative)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: 'cause to perish')

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• रुद्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• रुद्रत्वम्: Rudra-hood, Rudra-nature
• रुद्रत्वम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्रत्व (प्रातिपदिक; -त्व तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• वारवर्णिनि: O water-hued one
• वारवर्णिनि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारवर्णिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; समासः: वार + वर्णिनी (water-colored/sea-hued lady)

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī declares she will bring Rudra ‘here’ and choose him; the imagery suggests a threshold moment—devotion confronting awe-inspiring divinity in the Himalayan kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Rudra/Śiva
• Menā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Determined devotion can bridge even the distance to the ‘unapproachable’ Divine, transforming fear into intimacy through grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is implied as the place where her tapas and the divine union narrative sanctify the landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it emphasizes tapas and the inner resolve to seek Śiva as the supreme goal.