Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 144

Devanagari script

एवमुग्रेण तपसा शंकराराधनं सती । चकार परया तुष्ट्या शंभोः प्रीत्यर्थमेव च

Transliteration

evamugreṇa tapasā śaṃkarārādhanaṃ satī | cakāra parayā tuṣṭyā śaṃbhoḥ prītyarthameva ca

Translation

So verehrte Satī durch strenge Askese Śaṅkara in höchster Freude, einzig um Śambhu zu erfreuen.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus/in this manner
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• उग्रेण: fierce
• उग्रेण: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agreeing with तपसा

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• शंकराराधनम्: worship of Śaṅkara
• शंकराराधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर + आराधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• सती: Satī
• सती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• चकार: did/performed
• चकार: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्ष-भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Perfect, 3rd person singular

• परया: with supreme
• परया: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (agreeing with तुष्ट्या)

• तुष्ट्या: delight/satisfaction
• तुष्ट्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• शंभोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• प्रीत्यर्थम्: for (his) pleasure
• प्रीत्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular used adverbially (purpose)

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (Śaṅkara-ārādhana-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Girijā, radiant with inner gladness, continues fierce tapas explicitly as worship of Śaṅkara, her face calm and devoted, the altar before her and the Himalaya around.

Characters & Entities

• Satī (Pārvatī)
• Śaṅkara
• Śambhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship is inner dedication—tapas offered with joy, aimed at pleasing the Lord rather than gaining worldly ends.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-khaṇḍa frames the narrative within the sanctity of Kedāra and the Himalayan Śaiva landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The ‘ritual’ is Śaṅkara-ārādhana through tapas—devotional austerity as a form of worship.