Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

एवमाकर्ण्य वचनं देवर्षेर्भावितात्मनः । जगाम सहसा तत्र यत्रास्ते सा सुशोभना

Transliteration

evamākarṇya vacanaṃ devarṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ | jagāma sahasā tatra yatrāste sā suśobhanā

Translation

苦行によって心を磨き上げた神仙の言葉をこのように聞くや、彼はたちまち、あの輝ける女人の留まる所へと急ぎ赴いた。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb ‘thus’

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√कर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) = gerund; ‘having heard’

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देवर्षेः: of the divine sage
• देवर्षेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन = Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भावितात्मनः: of the self-controlled/meditative one
• भावितात्मनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावित-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त+नाम)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (भावितः आत्मा यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन = Masculine, Genitive, Singular; विशेषण (देवर्षेः)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb ‘suddenly/quickly’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = indeclinable locative adverb ‘there’

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Relative locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक) = relative adverb ‘where’

• आस्ते: is seated/remains
• आस्ते: Kriyā (Relative-clause verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = Present, 3rd person, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुशोभना: very beautiful
• सुशोभना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-शोभना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सु + शोभना); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative, Singular; विशेषण (सा)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/Śaunaka-group (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A resolute figure, having heard a devarṣi’s counsel, hastens through a Himalayan sacred landscape toward the dwelling of a radiant lady; the air feels charged with tapas and impending confrontation.

Characters & Entities

• Devarṣi (divine sage)
• Rati
• Śaṃbara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech of a realized seer can redirect events; wisdom and tapas-backed counsel shapes destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa frame links the narrative to Kedāra’s sacred landscape, though no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates movement following a sage’s words.