Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 153

Devanagari script

मौनं विहाय सहसा ह्याक्रोशन्निदमब्रवीत् । हे शंभो क्व गतोसि त्वं दर्शयात्मानमद्य वै

Transliteration

maunaṃ vihāya sahasā hyākrośannidamabravīt | he śaṃbho kva gatosi tvaṃ darśayātmānamadya vai

Translation

Renonçant au silence, il s’écria soudain et dit : « Ô Śambhu, où es-tu allé ? Montre-toi à moi aujourd’hui même, assurément ! »

Word by Word

• maunam: silence
• maunam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mauna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vihāya: having given up
• vihāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√hā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having abandoned’

• sahasā: suddenly
• sahasā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थ/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: suddenly)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• ākrośan: crying out
• ākrośan: Karta (Agent while speaking/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kruś (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘crying out’

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतन-भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• he: O!
• he: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: he (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• śaṃbho: O Śambhu
• śaṃbho: Sambodhana (Addressee/सम्बोधित)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kva: where
• kva: Deśa (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: where)

• gataḥ: gone
• gataḥ: Kriyā (Predicate complement/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone’

• asi: are
• asi: Kriyā (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• darśaya: show
• darśaya: Kriyā (Imperative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative): ‘make (me) see/show’

• ātmānam: yourself
• ātmānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आत्मशब्दः

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (today/now)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Kirāta (devotee) speaking (within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (assumed frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Kirāta, unable to contain himself, cries aloud in the empty sanctum, hands raised, voice echoing off stone; lamps tremble as he begs Śambhu to reveal Himself.

Characters & Entities

• Kirāta
• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intense longing for the Lord (darśana) is itself a powerful form of bhakti that draws divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, where the devotee’s direct, heartfelt address to Śambhu embodies the site’s living sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prayerful invocation—calling Śiva by name (Śambhu) and begging for darśana—highlighting nāma and heartfelt supplication.