Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

श्वेतो लोहितरक्तौ च पीतवासाः शिवः प्रभुः । सर्वरूपश्च मासोऽयमेवं वर्षशतावधिः

Transliteration

śveto lohitaraktau ca pītavāsāḥ śivaḥ prabhuḥ | sarvarūpaśca māso'yamevaṃ varṣaśatāvadhiḥ

Translation

പ്രഭു ശിവൻ ശ്വേതരൂപമായും, ലോഹിത-രക്തരൂപമായും, പീതവസ്ത്രധാരിയായും പ്രത്യക്ഷനാകുന്നു. ഈ മാസം സർവ്വരൂപം; ഇങ്ങനെ (ദൈവമാനത്തിൽ) അത് നൂറുവർഷം വരെ വ്യാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• श्वेतः: white (name/epithet)
• श्वेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• लोहितरक्तौ: Lohita and Rakta (two names)
• लोहितरक्तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोहित + रक्त (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (लोहितः च रक्तः च)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• पीतवासाः: one with yellow garments (Pītavāsāḥ)
• पीतवासाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीत + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (पीतं वासो यस्य सः)

• शिवः: Śiva (name)
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• प्रभुः: Lord (Prabhu)
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• सर्वरूपः: one of all forms (Sarvarūpa)
• सर्वरूपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + रूप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (सर्वाणि रूपाणि यस्य सः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• मासः: month
• मासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus)

• वर्षशतावधिः: having a limit of a hundred years
• वर्षशतावधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + शत + अवधि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वर्षशतस्य अवधि: limit of a hundred years)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/disciples (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triptych-like vision of Śiva: one panel white (śveta), one ruddy-red (lohita/rakta), one in yellow garments (pītavāsā), all merging into a single radiant Mahādeva labeled ‘Sarvarūpa’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva pervades all forms and appearances; devotion should not be limited by outer distinctions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on Śiva’s all-form nature and a time-measure motif.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated here.