Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभृति ते जाता रुद्रा एकादशैव तु । संख्यया देवदेवस्य महेश्वरवपुर्धराः

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhṛti te jātā rudrā ekādaśaiva tu | saṃkhyayā devadevasya maheśvaravapurdharāḥ

Translation

その時より、数にして十一のルドラが現れた。いずれも神々の神マヘーシュヴァラの御身そのものを帯びる化身である。

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (from then/thereafter)

• प्रभृति: from (that time)
• प्रभृति: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: कालावधिबोधक-अव्यय (since/from)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• जाताः: were born/became
• जाताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — born/come into being

• रुद्राः: Rudras
• रुद्राः: Karta (Predicate-noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• एकादश: eleven
• एकादश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Numeral adjective agreeing with रुद्राः

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/only)

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• संख्यया: in number
• संख्यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by number/as to number)

• देवदेवस्य: of the god of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः)

• महेश्वरवपुःधराः: bearing the form of Maheśvara
• महेश्वरवपुःधराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेश्वर-वपुस्-धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural; समासः षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुषार्थ (महेश्वरस्य वपुः धारयन्ति ये)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau of eleven Rudras arising—each three-eyed, bearing Śiva’s marks—standing as a unified host, all sharing Maheśvara’s form and radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Maheśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s power is expressed through multiple Rudra manifestations, indicating the many accessible forms of the one Maheśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya, but this verse focuses on the theological origin/number of Rudras rather than a named site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it provides doctrinal background (eleven Rudras as Maheśvara-forms).