Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

अनसूया तथा शंभुं पार्वतीं च यशस्विनीम् । दृष्ट्वा नीराजयामास प्रीत्युत्कलितलोचना

Transliteration

anasūyā tathā śaṃbhuṃ pārvatīṃ ca yaśasvinīm | dṛṣṭvā nīrājayāmāsa prītyutkalitalocanā

Translation

Ebenso vollzog Anasūyā, als sie Śambhu und die ruhmreiche Pārvatī erblickte, für beide das nīrājana; ihre Augen quollen vor Freude über und waren weit geöffnet.

Word by Word

• अनसूया: Anasūyā
• अनसूया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनसूया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (likewise)

• शम्भुम्: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचनम्

• पार्वतीम्: Pārvatī
• पार्वतीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः; द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

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

• यशस्विनीम्: glorious
• यशस्विनीम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः; द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (पार्वतीम्)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• नीराजयामास: performed ārati (waved lights)
• नीराजयामास: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-राज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• प्रीत्युत्कलितलोचना: whose eyes were widened with joy
• प्रीत्युत्कलितलोचना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्कलित (कृदन्त) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (प्रीत्या उत्कलिते लोचने यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (अनसूया)

Speaker

Lomaśa (deduced from immediate narrative context in Kedārakhaṇḍa; speaker label appears at 65)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Anasūyā stands close to the sanctum, eyes widened and moist with joy, gently waving the lamp before Śambhu and Pārvatī; her face radiates reverence and tender devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Anasūyā
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pure-hearted devotion naturally expresses itself through reverent acts like nīrājana, accompanied by heartfelt joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting frames these acts as part of Kedāra’s sacred devotional milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nīrājana (waving of lights) is described as the devotional honor offered upon beholding the deities.