Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

सप्रेमा च शिवे भक्तिस्तव नास्तीह संप्रातम् । शिवप्रियासि तन्वंगि तस्नादेवं ब्रवीमि ते

Transliteration

sapremā ca śive bhaktistava nāstīha saṃprātam | śivapriyāsi tanvaṃgi tasnādevaṃ bravīmi te

Translation

Jetzt, hier, ist in dir keine liebende Bhakti zu Śiva zu sehen. Und doch, o du von schönem Leib, bist du Śiva lieb; darum spreche ich so zu dir.

Word by Word

• sa-premā: with love, affectionate
• sa-premā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह) + premā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective)

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

• śive: in/for Śivā (Pārvatī)
• śive: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhaktiḥ: devotion
• bhaktiḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃpratam: now, at present
• saṃpratam: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃpratam (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• śiva-priyā: dear to Śiva
• śiva-priyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective)

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• tanu-aṅgi: O slender-limbed one
• tanu-aṅgi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहिसमासः—'तन्वङ्गी' (slender-limbed one)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/अपादानार्थक अव्ययप्रायः (ablatival adverb: 'therefore/from that')

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (manner adverb)

• bravīmi: I say
• bravīmi: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

Speaker

Bhṛṅgi

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a Himalayan Śiva-kṣetra setting, Bhṛṅgī addresses Girijā with earnest admonition—his posture austere, her form radiant yet introspective; snow-peaks and a liṅga-shrine suggest Kedāra’s tapas atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛṅgi
• Pārvatī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti to Śiva should be sapremā—imbued with love—and consistent in the present moment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the Kedāra context underwrites a Shaiva devotional ideal.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it prescribes an inner discipline: loving devotion to Śiva.