Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

शिवस्य गाथा गायंस्तु आनंदाश्रुकणान्मुहुः । प्रमुंचंश्चैव नेत्राभ्यां रोमांचपुलकावृतः

Transliteration

śivasya gāthā gāyaṃstu ānaṃdāśrukaṇānmuhuḥ | pramuṃcaṃścaiva netrābhyāṃ romāṃcapulakāvṛtaḥ

Translation

Chantant les louanges de Śiva, il versait sans cesse des larmes de béatitude ; de ses yeux elles coulaient à flots, et son corps se couvrait de frissons d’extase.

Word by Word

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• गाथाः: songs/verses
• गाथाः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• गायन्: singing
• गायन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘singing’

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वय

• आनन्दाश्रुकणान्: teardrops of joy
• आनन्दाश्रुकणान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द-अश्रु-कण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘आनन्दस्य अश्रूणि (कणाः)’ (teardrops of joy)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रमुञ्चन्: shedding (letting out)
• प्रमुञ्चन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र- मुच् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘releasing/letting out’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• नेत्राभ्याम्: with (his) two eyes
• नेत्राभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), द्विवचन

• रोमाञ्चपुलकावृतः: covered with goosebumps and thrill
• रोमाञ्चपुलकावृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोमाञ्च-पुलक-आवृत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (रोमाञ्चः + पुलकः) + क्त-प्रत्यय ‘आवृत’ (covered); ‘covered with horripilation and thrills’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee singing before Śiva: eyes brimming, tears flowing, skin raised in goosebumps; lamps flicker; attendants and other pilgrims moved by the hymn.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion to Śiva naturally manifests as inner bliss and outward signs like tears and rapture.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region (Kedārakhaṇḍa) within the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, associated with Kedāranātha’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed here; it highlights devotional kīrtana (singing Śiva’s praises) as an expression of bhakti.