Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

ततो व्यलोकयच्छंभुर्द्दिक्षु सर्वासु सादरम् । तावद्दृष्टो दक्षिणस्यां दिशि ह्यात्तशरासनः

Transliteration

tato vyalokayacchaṃbhurddikṣu sarvāsu sādaram | tāvaddṛṣṭo dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi hyāttaśarāsanaḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ശംഭു സാദരമായി എല്ലാ ദിക്കുകളിലേക്കും നോക്കി. അതേസമയം തെക്കുദിക്കിൽ കൈയിൽ വില്ലും അമ്പുകളും പിടിച്ച ഒരാളെ അദ്ദേഹം കണ്ടു.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; तदर्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (then/thereupon)

• vyalokayat: looked around; observed
• vyalokayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + lok (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• śambhuḥ: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śambhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेष-नाम

• dikṣu: in the directions
• dikṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), बहुवचनम्

• sarvāsu: in all
• sarvāsu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying dikṣu)

• sādaram: respectfully; attentively
• sādaram: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa-ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-आकारेण क्रियाविशेषणम् (with respect)

• tāvat: just then; meanwhile
• tāvat: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; तावद्-काल/परिमाण-बोधक (meanwhile/just then)

• dṛṣṭaḥ: was seen; appeared
• dṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (seen/appeared)

• dakṣiṇasyām: in the southern (direction)
• dakṣiṇasyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; दिशि-विशेषणम् (in the southern)

• diśi: in the direction
• diśi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपात (emphasis/indeed)

• āttaśarāsanaḥ: having taken up the bow
• āttaśarāsanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātta (kṛ: ā-dā (धातु) + kta) + śara (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः (आत्तं शरासनं येन/यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa sages (Naimiṣāraṇya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śambhu turns his head, eyes opening from meditation; the four quarters are suggested by subtle guardian motifs; in the south stands Kāma with bow and arrows poised.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śambhu)
• Madana/Kāma (implied archer)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disturbance has a cause; dharma encourages identifying the source of agitation rather than surrendering to it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, where the Purāṇic drama illustrates spiritual psychology within sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description.