Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

तदा हृदिस्थो देवेशो बहिर्हृष्टिचरोभवत् । नेत्रे उन्मील्य सा साध्वी गिरिजायतलोचना । अपश्यद्देवदेवेशं सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम्

Transliteration

tadā hṛdistho deveśo bahirhṛṣṭicarobhavat | netre unmīlya sā sādhvī girijāyatalocanā | apaśyaddevadeveśaṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഹൃദയത്തിൽ വസിച്ചിരുന്ന ദേവേശൻ പുറത്തായി പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു. കണ്ണുകൾ തുറന്ന് ആ സാധ്വി—വിശാലനേത്രയായ ഗിരിജ—ദേവദേവേശനെയും സർവ്വലോക മഹേശ്വരനെയും ദർശിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• hṛdi-sthaḥ: situated in (her) heart
• hṛdi-sthaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛd (हृद्/हृदय) + stha (स्थ, √sthā)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (हृदि स्थितः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• deveśaḥ: Lord of gods
• deveśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśa (देवेश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bahiḥ: outside
• bahiḥ: Deśa (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (outside)

• hṛṣṭi-caraḥ: moving about joyfully
• hṛṣṭi-caraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭi (हृष्टि) + cara (चर)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (हृष्ट्या चरः/हृष्टिचरः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• abhavat: became; was
• abhavat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• netre: (her) two eyes
• netre: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (नेत्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• unmīlya: having opened
• unmīlya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ud+√mīl (मील् धातु) + ktvā/lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (gerund), ‘उन्मील्य’ = having opened

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

• sādhvī: the virtuous woman
• sādhvī: Apposition (Sāmānādhikaraṇya/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhvī (साध्वी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• girijāyata-locanā: she whose eyes were long like Girijā’s
• girijāyata-locanā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: girijā (गिरिजा) + āyata (आयत) + locanā (लोचना)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (गिरिजायाः आयते लोचने यस्याः/या), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• apaśyat: saw
• apaśyat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paś (पश्/दृश् धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• deva-deveśam: the Lord of the gods
• deva-deveśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव) + deveśa (देवेश)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (देवानां देवेशः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarva-loka-maheśvaram: the great Lord of all worlds
• sarva-loka-maheśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + loka (लोक) + maheśvara (महेश्वर)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वलोकानां महेश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa by section convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, the Lord of all worlds, stands revealed; Girijā opens her eyes from meditation, her gaze wide and luminous, meeting the divine presence that was already within her heart.

Characters & Entities

• Deveśa
• Girijā
• Devadeveśa
• Sarvalokamaheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The inner indwelling Lord can become directly experienced outwardly; meditation ripens into darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative, tied to Kedāra’s sanctified landscape, frames this darśana of Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is detailed; the verse emphasizes dhyāna culminating in vision.