Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

प्रबद्धो हि महादेवो निरीक्ष्य शबरीं तदा । समाधेरुत्थितः सद्यो महेशो मदनान्वितः

Transliteration

prabaddho hi mahādevo nirīkṣya śabarīṃ tadā | samādherutthitaḥ sadyo maheśo madanānvitaḥ

Translation

Wahrlich, als Mahādeva damals die Śabarī erblickte, erhob sich Maheśa sogleich aus dem Samādhi, erfüllt vom Regung des Begehrens.

Word by Word

• prabaddhaḥ: bound, constrained
• prabaddhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-bandh (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कृदन्तम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘bound/fastened’ (predicate)

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

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nirīkṣya: having looked at
• nirīkṣya: Kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having looked at’

• śabarīm: Śabarī (the woman of Śabara tribe)
• śabarīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śabarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (then)

• samādheḥ: from meditation
• samādheḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘from samādhi’

• utthitaḥ: arisen
• utthitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-sthā (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कृदन्तम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘risen, got up’

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम्

• maheśaḥ: Maheśa (Śiva)
• maheśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; महादेवस्य पर्यायः

• madana-anvitaḥ: accompanied by passion (Kāma)
• madana-anvitaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madana + anvita (प्रातिपदिक; मदन + अन्वित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (maheśaḥ); तत्पुरुषः (मदनेन अन्वितः = accompanied by desire)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva opens his eyes from samādhi upon seeing the Śabarī-form; the atmosphere shifts—stillness breaks into charged motion as Madana’s influence appears around him.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva/Maheśa (Śiva)
• Śabarī (Devī in disguise)
• Samādhi
• Madana (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse dramatizes how desire can re-emerge by divine design, reminding devotees that passions are to be understood and governed within dharma, not merely denied.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred region (Kedārakhaṇḍa) frames the episode, supporting the broader Kedāra Māhātmya tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.