Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

एवं तेषामुद्धवं हि निरिक्ष्य मधुसूदनः । उवाच प्रहसन्वाक्यं शंकरं लोकशंकरम्

Transliteration

evaṃ teṣāmuddhavaṃ hi nirikṣya madhusūdanaḥ | uvāca prahasanvākyaṃ śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaram

Translation

Voyant ainsi leur tumulte, Madhusūdana, souriant, adressa des paroles à Śaṅkara, le bienfaiteur des mondes.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• उद्धवम्: Uddhava
• उद्धवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• निरिक्ष्य: having observed
• निरिक्ष्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि + ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) अव्यय; अर्थः—दृष्ट्वा (having looked at/observed)

• मधुसूदनः: Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• मधुसूदनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—मधुं सूदयति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्राय)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रहसन्: laughing
• प्रहसन्: Sambandha (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + हस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे (while laughing)

• वाक्यम्: a statement/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शंकरम्: to Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लोकशंकरम्: the benefactor of the world
• लोकशंकरम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—लोकस्य शंकरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) reporting Madhusūdana’s words (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified in excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu) observes the noisy gaṇa-host and, smiling, addresses Śaṅkara—both radiant, calm amid the swirling attendants—signaling a shift from frenzy to order.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa presents harmony between Viṣṇu (Madhusūdana) and Śiva (Śaṅkara), affirming unified divine governance of the sacred kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakṣetra within the Kedārakhaṇḍa, where the narrative situates divine interaction amid the sacred assembly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a spoken instruction/request in the next verse.