Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

ततो व्यलोकयच्छंभुर्द्दिक्षु सर्वासु सादरम् । तावद्दृष्टो दक्षिणस्यां दिशि ह्यात्तशरासनः

Transliteration

tato vyalokayacchaṃbhurddikṣu sarvāsu sādaram | tāvaddṛṣṭo dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi hyāttaśarāsanaḥ

Translation

Daraufhin blickte Śambhu aufmerksam in alle Himmelsrichtungen. In diesem Augenblick sah er im Süden einen, der Bogen und Pfeile hielt, bereit in der Hand.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; तदर्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (then/thereupon)

• vyalokayat: looked around; observed
• vyalokayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + lok (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• śambhuḥ: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śambhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेष-नाम

• dikṣu: in the directions
• dikṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), बहुवचनम्

• sarvāsu: in all
• sarvāsu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying dikṣu)

• sādaram: respectfully; attentively
• sādaram: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa-ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-आकारेण क्रियाविशेषणम् (with respect)

• tāvat: just then; meanwhile
• tāvat: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; तावद्-काल/परिमाण-बोधक (meanwhile/just then)

• dṛṣṭaḥ: was seen; appeared
• dṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (seen/appeared)

• dakṣiṇasyām: in the southern (direction)
• dakṣiṇasyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; दिशि-विशेषणम् (in the southern)

• diśi: in the direction
• diśi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपात (emphasis/indeed)

• āttaśarāsanaḥ: having taken up the bow
• āttaśarāsanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātta (kṛ: ā-dā (धातु) + kta) + śara (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः (आत्तं शरासनं येन/यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa sages (Naimiṣāraṇya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śambhu turns his head, eyes opening from meditation; the four quarters are suggested by subtle guardian motifs; in the south stands Kāma with bow and arrows poised.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śambhu)
• Madana/Kāma (implied archer)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disturbance has a cause; dharma encourages identifying the source of agitation rather than surrendering to it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, where the Purāṇic drama illustrates spiritual psychology within sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description.