Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

शंभुं समागतं दृष्ट्वा वीरभद्रो गणैः सह । दंडप्रणामसंयुक्तस्तस्थावग्रे सदाशिवम्

Transliteration

śaṃbhuṃ samāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā vīrabhadro gaṇaiḥ saha | daṃḍapraṇāmasaṃyuktastasthāvagre sadāśivam

Translation

Als Vīrabhadra Śambhus Ankunft sah, trat er mit den Gaṇas vor Sadāśiva hin und vollzog die volle Niederwerfung (daṇḍavat).

Word by Word

• शम्भुम्: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• समागतम्: arrived
• समागतम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+आ+गम् (धातु) → समागत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), शम्भुम् इति विशेषण

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप क्रियाविशेषण (absolutive/gerund): ‘having seen’

• वीरभद्रः: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गणैः: with the attendants (gaṇas)
• गणैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (with)

• दण्डप्रणामसंयुक्तः: joined with a prostration like a staff (full prostration)
• दण्डप्रणामसंयुक्तः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रणाम (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त, क्त; √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: दण्डप्रणामेन संयुक्तः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• तस्थौ: stood
• तस्थौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अग्रे: in front
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘अग्रे’ = ‘in front’

• सदाशिवम्: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा (अव्यय) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: सदा शिवः इति (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śambhu arrives radiant and composed; Vīrabhadra, still formidable, stands with gaṇas and performs full daṇḍavat prostration before Sadāśiva.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu
• Vīrabhadra
• Gaṇas
• Sadāśiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the fiercest divine force remains anchored in humility and devotion before Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śaiva sacred geography forms the backdrop, though the verse centers on Śiva-Vīrabhadra encounter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daṇḍavat-praṇāma (full prostration) is exemplified as an act of reverence.