Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

पांडित्येन महादेव तस्मादेतान्निवारय । तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवान्रुद्रो वीरभद्रमुवाच ह

Transliteration

pāṃḍityena mahādeva tasmādetānnivāraya | tacchrutvā bhagavānrudro vīrabhadramuvāca ha

Translation

«Ô Mahādeva, aussi, retiens-les par un conseil empreint de sagesse.» Ayant entendu ces paroles, le bienheureux Rudra s’adressa à Vīrabhadra.

Word by Word

• पाण्डित्येन: by scholarship/cleverness
• पाण्डित्येन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—महान् देवः (कर्मधारय)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that)

• एतान्: these
• एतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• निवारय: restrain/stop
• निवारय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वृत्/वार् (धातु; णिजन्त)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मरूपे (that)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) अव्यय; अर्थः—श्रवणं कृत्वा (having heard)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वीरभद्रम्: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक) + भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—वीरश्चासौ भद्रश्च (कर्मधारय-प्राय)

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

• ह: indeed/then
• ह: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), कथन-प्रसिद्ध्यर्थक (quotative/emphatic)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) with embedded address to Mahādeva; then Rudra prepares to speak

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the Purāṇic dialogue frame (not specified in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful exchange: the speaker urges Mahādeva to restrain the gaṇas through wisdom; Rudra turns and addresses Vīrabhadra, who stands ready, spear in hand, disciplined and alert.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Rudra
• Vīrabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even powerful forces are best guided by pāṇḍitya—discerning wisdom—so that devotion remains orderly and dharmic.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage occurs in Kedārakhaṇḍa, within the Kedāra sacred-region narrative of the Himalayas (Kedāra-kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the focus is on restraint and maintaining sacred decorum.