Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तेषां प्रहारैः सुदृढैर्बहुभिर्वज्रदुःसहैः । शिवांदोलनमाहात्म्याज्जातोऽहं नृपमंदिरे

Transliteration

teṣāṃ prahāraiḥ sudṛḍhairbahubhirvajraduḥsahaiḥ | śivāṃdolanamāhātmyājjāto'haṃ nṛpamaṃdire

Translation

वज्र के समान असहनीय उनके अनेक कठोर प्रहारों से (मेरी मृत्यु हुई), किन्तु शिवजी को झूला झुलाने के माहात्म्य से मेरा जन्म राजमहल में हुआ।

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• प्रहारैः: by blows
• प्रहारैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सुदृढैः: very strong
• सुदृढैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying प्रहारैः)

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying प्रहारैः)

• वज्र-दुःसहैः: hard to endure like a thunderbolt
• वज्र-दुःसहैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःसह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (‘वज्रवत् दुःसह’) विशेषणम् (प्रहारैः)

• शिव-आंदोलन-माहात्म्यात्: due to the greatness of Śiva’s swing (rite)
• शिव-आंदोलन-माहात्म्यात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + आंदोलन (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘शिवस्य आंदोलनस्य माहात्म्यम्’)

• जातः: born
• जातः: Karta (Subject predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘उत्पन्नः’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नृपमन्दिरे: in the king’s palace
• नृपमन्दिरे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपस्य मन्दिरम्)

Speaker

Gṛdhra (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śivāndolana (Śiva-dolā)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary transition: the thunderbolt-like blows contrast with a luminous aura around Śiva’s swing; the soul departs and is shown entering a royal palace womb/lineage, indicating rebirth by the rite’s greatness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivāndolana (rite)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with Śiva’s worship—especially a celebrated rite—can generate powerful puṇya that transforms one’s rebirth, even when the immediate experience is painful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śiva-sthāna where the Śivāndolana (swinging of the Liṅga) is performed—presented as a powerful mahātmya-setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śivāndolana: the ceremonial swinging of Śiva (Liṅga) as part of festival worship, praised for its extraordinary merit.