Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे यातः शंकरो गिरिजापतिः । अवतीर्य वृषाच्छीघ्रं पार्वत्या सहसुव्रताः

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare yātaḥ śaṃkaro girijāpatiḥ | avatīrya vṛṣācchīghraṃ pārvatyā sahasuvratāḥ

Translation

Cependant arriva Śaṅkara, Seigneur de Girijā ; il descendit promptement du taureau Nandī, accompagné de Pārvatī, la noble vouée.

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Reference/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• antare: in the meantime / interval
• antare: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• yātaḥ: came/went
• yātaḥ: Kriya (Motion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; śaṃkaraḥ इति विधेय

• śaṃkaraḥ: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṃkaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• girijāpatiḥ: husband of Girijā (Pārvatī)
• girijāpatiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: girijā + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गिरिजायाः पतिः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; śaṃkaraḥ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• avatīrya: having descended
• avatīrya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + tṝ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• vṛṣāt: from the bull (Nandin)
• vṛṣāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial accusative)

• pārvatyā: with Pārvatī
• pārvatyā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/सह), एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

• suvratāḥ: of good vows / virtuous (ones)
• suvratāḥ: Karta/Viśeṣaṇa (Contextual/प्रसङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सु- व्रताः = उत्तमव्रताः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (पाठे बहुवचन) विशेषणरूपेण—सम्बोधन/समुच्चयार्थे; संदर्भतः ‘(ते) सुव्रताः’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara descends swiftly from Nandin the bull, matted locks and crescent moon, trident in hand; Pārvatī stands beside him, radiant and composed; the assembled beings part in reverence in a Himalayan sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Vṛṣa (Nandin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine is not distant—Śiva and Pārvatī are portrayed as personally present and accessible to devotees in sacred space.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra and its surrounding sacred geography as narrated in the Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse sets the auspicious scene for darśana—Śiva’s arrival for the celebration.