Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्महति कौरव्य वर्तमाने महोत्सवे । कालभीतिः प्रमुदितः प्रणम्य स्तोत्रमैरयत्

Transliteration

tasminmahati kauravya vartamāne mahotsave | kālabhītiḥ pramuditaḥ praṇamya stotramairayat

Translation

While that great festival was taking place, O Kauravya, Kālabhīti, filled with joy, bowed down and began to utter a hymn of praise.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• महति: great
• महति: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying महोत्सवे)

• कौरव्य: O Kauravya
• कौरव्य: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• वर्तमाने: while occurring
• वर्तमाने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘being in progress’ (locative absolute with महोत्सवे)

• महोत्सवे: in the great festival
• महोत्सवे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘महान् उत्सवः’)

• कालभीतिः: Kālabhīti (Fear of Time/Death)
• कालभीतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + भीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘कालस्य भीतिः’ = fear of Time/Death)

• प्रमुदितः: delighted
• प्रमुदितः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + मुद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying कालभीतिः—personified as male in agreement by sense)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• स्तोत्रम्: a hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ऐरयत्: uttered/recited
• ऐरयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्/इर् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘set in motion/uttered’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāla-liṅga (prādurbhāva-sthala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata/Kauravya addressee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Amid the ongoing festival, Kālabhīti steps forward, folds hands, bows deeply before the great liṅga, and begins a hymn as the celestial assembly quiets to listen.

Characters & Entities

• Kālabhīti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The proper response to Śiva’s darśana is humility (praṇāma) and devotion expressed through stotra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the glorification of the manifested-liṅga site; the excerpt does not supply the tīrtha-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (prostration) and stotra-pāṭha (recitation of hymns) as devotional acts.