Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

वात्त्वयाराधित एव एष शिवः पराणां परमः परात्मा

Transliteration

vāttvayārādhita eva eṣa śivaḥ parāṇāṃ paramaḥ parātmā

Translation

En vérité, c’est ce Śiva—suprême parmi les suprêmes, le Soi le plus élevé—que tu as adoré.

Word by Word

• वात्: indeed / surely
• वात्: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वात् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: निपात; पाठभेद/उद्गारार्थक (interjection/emphasis)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘by you’

• आराधितः: worshipped
• आराधितः: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √राध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘worshipped/propitiated’ (agreeing with शिवः)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis: only/indeed)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘this’

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पराणाम्: of the highest (ones)
• पराणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• परमः: supreme
• परमः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying शिवः)

• परात्मा: the Supreme Self
• परात्मा: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘supreme self’

Speaker

Bhṛṅgī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm doctrinal assertion: the speaker points to ‘this very Śiva’ as the supreme among the supreme, the highest Self, worshiped by Devī—shifting the scene from conflict to metaphysical clarity.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛṅgī
• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The one you worship is the Absolute itself—Śiva as parātmā; devotion culminates in recognizing the supreme Self.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is doctrinal; the larger Kedārakhaṇḍa context supports Kedāra’s Shaiva mahātmya but no site is named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (worship/propitiation) is referenced generally, without specifying method or rite.