Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

आगतस्तत्क्षणादेव नृपं प्रति रुषान्वितः । खड्गेन सितधारेण चर्मणा परमेम हि

Transliteration

āgatastatkṣaṇādeva nṛpaṃ prati ruṣānvitaḥ | khaḍgena sitadhāreṇa carmaṇā paramema hi

Translation

In eben diesem Augenblick kam er, zornentbrannt gegen den König—ein Schwert mit hell glänzender Klinge tragend und in eine Haut gehüllt—wahrlich in höchst furchterregender Gestalt.

Word by Word

• āgataḥ: came
• āgataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used finitely), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tat-kṣaṇāt: from that very moment
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apadana (Source/Time-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तत् + क्षण)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• nṛpam: the king
• nṛpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prati: towards
• prati: Sambandha (Direction marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय/पूर्वसर्ग (preposition: towards)

• ruṣā-anvitaḥ: accompanied by anger
• ruṣā-anvitaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (अन्वि/इ धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (रुषया अन्वितः)

• khaḍgena: with a sword
• khaḍgena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaḍga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• sita-dhāreṇa: with bright/shining edge
• sita-dhāreṇa: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक) + dhārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सिता धारा यस्य)

• carmaṇā: with a shield/leather (cover)
• carmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: carman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• paramema: this supreme (one)
• paramema: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ima (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पाठदोषसम्भावना—'परमेम' इति 'परमः इमः/एषः' (this supreme one) इत्यर्थे

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; निश्चयार्थ)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣi-audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama arrives suddenly, wrathful, brandishing a bright sword and bearing a hide—an intimidating, martial apparition set against the sacred Himalayan stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• King (nṛpa)
• Khaḍga (sword)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text heightens the contrast between death’s intimidation and the devotee’s spiritual standing in a Śiva-kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, the arena where Yama’s formidable presence is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.