Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तदाकर्ण्येश्वरो वाक्यं नारदस्य मुखोद्गतम् । चुकोप परमं क्रुद्ध आसनादुत्पतन्निव

Transliteration

tadākarṇyeśvaro vākyaṃ nāradasya mukhodgatam | cukopa paramaṃ kruddha āsanādutpatanniva

Translation

Entendant les paroles sorties de la bouche de Nārada, le Seigneur (Īśvara) s’emporta au plus haut point—si courroucé qu’on eût dit qu’il allait bondir de son siège.

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• ākarṇya: having heard
• ākarṇya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā+karṇ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप (gerund/absolutive)

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (Śiva)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vākyam: the statement
• vākyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• nāradāsya: of Nārada
• nāradāsya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mukha-udgatam: uttered from (his) mouth
• mukha-udgatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukha+udgata (प्रातिपदिक; उद्+गम् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः (मुखात् उद्गतम्)

• cukopa: became angry
• cukopa: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kup (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• paramam: exceedingly
• paramam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

• kruddhaḥ: enraged
• kruddhaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (प्रातिपदिक; क्रुध् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; (īśvaraḥ)

• āsanāt: from the seat
• āsanāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• utpatan: leaping up
• utpatan: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Simile-participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud+pat (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; (īśvaraḥ)

• iva: as if
• iva: Upamā (Simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-सूचक (simile particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Śiva/Rudra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara sits in composed majesty; as Nārada’s words land, His eyes blaze, body tenses, and He surges as if to spring from the seat—stillness turning into thunderous resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine anger in Purāṇic narrative serves dharma—correcting arrogance and restoring sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa, associated with Kedāranātha and the Himalayan sacred geography, though this verse itself is narrative rather than a direct tīrtha-phalāśruti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces a narrative turn (Śiva’s wrath) rather than a vrata, dāna, or snāna.