Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

यदा जितस्तया देव्या तपसा वृषभध्वजः । समाधेश्चलितो भूत्वा यत्र सा पार्वती स्थिता

Transliteration

yadā jitastayā devyā tapasā vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | samādheścalito bhūtvā yatra sā pārvatī sthitā

Translation

កាលណាព្រះវೃಷភធ្វជៈ (ព្រះសិវៈមានទង់គោ) ត្រូវបានទេវីឈ្នះដោយតបស្យា ព្រះអង្គបានរង្គើពីសមាធិដ៏ជ្រាលជ្រៅ ហើយទៅកាន់ទីដែលបារវតីកំពុងស្ថិតនៅ។

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Temporal relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb/conjunction)

• जितः: (was) conquered
• जितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ji (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (one who is conquered)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• देव्या: by the goddess
• देव्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• वृषभध्वजः: Bull-bannered (Śiva)
• वृषभध्वजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक) + dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वृषभः ध्वजः यस्य सः) नामधेय (epithet)

• समाधेः: from meditation
• समाधेः: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (ablative singular)

• चलितः: having been disturbed
• चलितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cal (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि (having been moved/shaken)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त), पूर्वकाल (absolutive/gerund)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थिताः: stood/was stationed
• स्थिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past participle, क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (IAST: sthitā)

Speaker

Lomaśa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience within the text’s dialogue frame (traditionally sages/seekers)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, stirred from profound yogic absorption, turns toward the place where Pārvatī abides after her fierce austerities; the moment is charged with stillness breaking into motion.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)
• Pārvatī
• Samādhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity rooted in devotion can move even the Great Yogi from absorption—signaling divine responsiveness to sincere striving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting ties the motif of Śiva’s yogic presence to the Kedāra sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual instruction; samādhi and tapas are presented as spiritual disciplines.