Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

वात्त्वयाराधित एव एष शिवः पराणां परमः परात्मा

Transliteration

vāttvayārādhita eva eṣa śivaḥ parāṇāṃ paramaḥ parātmā

Translation

Wahrlich, dieser Śiva — der Höchste unter den Höchsten, das höchste Selbst — ist es, den du verehrt hast.

Word by Word

• वात्: indeed / surely
• वात्: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वात् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: निपात; पाठभेद/उद्गारार्थक (interjection/emphasis)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘by you’

• आराधितः: worshipped
• आराधितः: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √राध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘worshipped/propitiated’ (agreeing with शिवः)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis: only/indeed)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘this’

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पराणाम्: of the highest (ones)
• पराणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• परमः: supreme
• परमः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying शिवः)

• परात्मा: the Supreme Self
• परात्मा: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘supreme self’

Speaker

Bhṛṅgī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm doctrinal assertion: the speaker points to ‘this very Śiva’ as the supreme among the supreme, the highest Self, worshiped by Devī—shifting the scene from conflict to metaphysical clarity.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛṅgī
• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The one you worship is the Absolute itself—Śiva as parātmā; devotion culminates in recognizing the supreme Self.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is doctrinal; the larger Kedārakhaṇḍa context supports Kedāra’s Shaiva mahātmya but no site is named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (worship/propitiation) is referenced generally, without specifying method or rite.