Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

दास्यामि जीवनं वीर कुटिलस्यापि चाधुना । एवमुक्तः शंकरेण वीरभद्रोऽब्रवीत्पुनः

Transliteration

dāsyāmi jīvanaṃ vīra kuṭilasyāpi cādhunā | evamuktaḥ śaṃkareṇa vīrabhadro'bravītpunaḥ

Translation

「英雄よ、私は今、この曲がった者（邪悪な者）にさえ命を与えよう。」シャンカラにそう言われ、ヴィーラバドラは再び答えた。

Word by Word

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (I shall give)

• जीवनम्: life
• जीवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (life)

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (O hero)

• कुटिलस्य: of the crooked one
• कुटिलस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुटिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; (of the crooked/evil one)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (even/also)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (and)

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (now)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus)

• उक्तः: having been addressed
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘वीरभद्रः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (having been addressed)

• शंकरेण: by Śaṅkara
• शंकरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (by Śaṅkara)

• वीरभद्रः: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (he said)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (again)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (includes Śiva’s statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares he will grant life even to the crooked Dakṣa; Vīrabhadra, still fierce from battle, turns to respond—wrath yielding to obedience before compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Vīrabhadra
• Dakṣa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s justice culminates in grace—restoration is possible even after grave wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; this is a theological pivot within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes Śiva’s power to restore life rather than prescribe a rite.