Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

आगतोऽहं वीरभद्र रुद्रकोपसमुद्भव । अहं निवारयामि त्वां त्वं वा मां विनिवारय

Transliteration

āgato'haṃ vīrabhadra rudrakopasamudbhava | ahaṃ nivārayāmi tvāṃ tvaṃ vā māṃ vinivāraya

Translation

“I have come, O Vīrabhadra—born of Rudra’s wrath. I shall restrain you; or else you restrain me.”

Word by Word

• āgataḥ: come, arrived
• āgataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु) → āgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicative adjective to 'aham' (I have come)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष-सूचक; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vīrabhadra: O Vīrabhadra
• vīrabhadra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra + bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग (नाम)

• rudra-kopa-samudbhava: O one born from Rudra’s wrath
• rudra-kopa-samudbhava: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra + kopa + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; (रुद्रस्य कोपात् समुद्भवः)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• nivārayāmi: I restrain / stop
• nivārayāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vṛ (धातु) causative √vāraya (णिजन्त)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• vinivāraya: restrain / stop (me)
• vinivāraya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ni-√vṛ (धातु) causative √vāraya (णिजन्त)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense yet controlled face-off: a divine speaker confronts Vīrabhadra, explicitly naming him as born of Rudra’s wrath, proposing mutual restraint—combat framed as dharmic testing rather than hatred.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vīrabhadra
• Rudra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic conflicts in Purāṇas often reveal restraint and restoration of order—not mere victory—showing dharma as the final aim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions within the Kedāra narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a dramatic exchange preceding a symbolic combat.