Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

निवार्य रुद्रं समरात्संवर्तानलवर्चसम् । ददावांगिरसे तारां स्वयमेव पितामहः

Transliteration

nivārya rudraṃ samarātsaṃvartānalavarcasam | dadāvāṃgirase tārāṃ svayameva pitāmahaḥ

Translation

પ્રલયાગ્નિ સમ તેજસ્વી રુદ્રને યુદ્ધમાંથી રોકી પિતામહ બ્રહ્માએ સ્વયં તારાને આંગિરસ (બૃહસ્પતિ)ને પરત સોંપી દીધી.

Word by Word

• निवार्य: having restrained
• निवार्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि + √वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव — 'having restrained/checked'

• रुद्रम्: Rudra (Śiva)
• रुद्रम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• समरात्: from the battle
• समरात्: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular

• संवर्तानलवर्चसम्: whose splendor was like the fire of cosmic dissolution
• संवर्तानलवर्चसम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवर्त + अनल + वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — qualifying रुद्रम्; 'having the brilliance of the fire of dissolution'

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — 'gave'

• आङ्गिरसे: to Aṅgiras (i.e., Bṛhaspati)
• आङ्गिरसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन — Dative singular

• ताराम्: Tārā
• ताराम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — reflexive 'oneself'

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (restrictive particle)

• पितामहः: the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā steps between the combatants, physically and symbolically holding back Rudra who blazes like the fire at the end of time; Brahmā returns Tārā to Bṛhaspati (Āṅgirasa).

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Āṅgirasa (Bṛhaspati)
• Tārā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even overwhelming power is restrained for the sake of harmony; rightful order is restored through wise intervention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the broader textual setting, but the verse centers on a divine reconciliation episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.