Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

तिरोधानं गतः सद्यो महेशो गिरिजां प्रति । अलक्ष्यमाणः सर्वासां सखीनां परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

tirodhānaṃ gataḥ sadyo maheśo girijāṃ prati | alakṣyamāṇaḥ sarvāsāṃ sakhīnāṃ parameśvaraḥ

Translation

Aussitôt, Maheśa entra dans le voile de l’invisibilité, se tournant vers Girijā ; le Seigneur suprême devint imperceptible à toutes ses compagnes.

Word by Word

• tirodhānam: disappearance; concealment
• tirodhānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tirodhāna (तिरोधान प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gataḥ: went; having gone
• gataḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (immediately)

• maheśaḥ: Maheśa (Śiva)
• maheśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśa (महेश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• girijām: Gिरिजा (Pārvatī)
• girijām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: girijā (गिरिजा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prati: towards
• prati: Dik/Pratiyogin (Direction/दिक्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preposition-like), ‘प्रति’ = towards

• alakṣyamāṇaḥ: not being seen; invisible
• alakṣyamāṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a+lakṣ (लक्ष् धातु) + śāna (शानच्)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नकारार्थ-उपपद (unseen)

• sarvāsām: of all
• sarvāsām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarvā (सर्वा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sakhīnām: of (her) friends
• sakhīnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhī (सखी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• parameśvaraḥ: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśvara (परमेश्वर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa by section convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva vanishes instantly, turning toward Girijā; the companions look around in confusion, unable to see him; the air feels charged, the landscape still.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśa
• Girijā
• Parameśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord may withdraw from ordinary perception; divine presence is not bound to external visibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting frames the episode, connecting divine revelation with Kedāra’s sacred aura.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes tirodhāna (concealment) as part of the sacred narrative.