Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यया कृतं तपस्तीव्रं यया चाराधितः शिवः । तपसा तेन संतुष्टः प्रसन्नोद्य सदाशिवः

Transliteration

yayā kṛtaṃ tapastīvraṃ yayā cārādhitaḥ śivaḥ | tapasā tena saṃtuṣṭaḥ prasannodya sadāśivaḥ

Translation

Durch ihre strenge Askese und ihre Verehrung Śivas ist Sadāśiva durch jenes Tapas zufrieden geworden und zeigt sich nun gnädig und wohlgesinnt.

Word by Word

• yayā: by whom/whereby
• yayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (relative pronoun) — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• kṛtam: done, performed
• kṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular

• tapaḥ: austerity, penance
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular

• tīvram: intense
• tīvram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīvra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular (qualifying tapaḥ)

• yayā: by whom/whereby
• yayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• ārādhitaḥ: was worshipped/propitiated
• ārādhitaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Masculine, Nom, Singular

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• tena: by that (means)
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम — Masc/Neut, Instrumental, Singular

• saṃtuṣṭaḥ: satisfied
• saṃtuṣṭaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√tuṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle, Masculine, Nom, Singular

• prasannaḥ: pleased, gracious
• prasannaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (qualifying sadāśivaḥ)

• udya: having risen/thereupon (as an adverb)
• udya: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ud-ya (अव्यय/उपसर्गयुक्त-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial indeclinable)

• sadāśivaḥ: Sadāśiva
• sadāśivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadā + śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Karmadhāraya compound, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

The Maharṣis (continuing their reply), within Sūta’s narration (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) interlocutor in the frame dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī (implied) in severe austerity amid snowy Himalayan peaks; Sadāśiva’s serene presence signifying satisfaction and grace; ascetic fire, rudrākṣa, and stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Sadāśiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas joined with sincere Śiva-worship culminates in Śiva’s prasāda (grace) and divine approval.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Kedāra’s Śaiva milieu—where austerity and worship are celebrated as pathways to Śiva’s favor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It highlights tapas (austerity) and ārādhana (worship/propitiation) of Śiva as the effective spiritual discipline.