Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

हैमं कलशमादाय पूर्णं मूर्ध्ना महाप्रभा । परिवारैर्महाचंडी दीप्तास्या ह्युग्रलोचना

Transliteration

haimaṃ kalaśamādāya pūrṇaṃ mūrdhnā mahāprabhā | parivārairmahācaṃḍī dīptāsyā hyugralocanā

Translation

മഹാപ്രഭയായ മഹാചണ്ഡീ തലയിൽ നിറഞ്ഞ സ്വർണ്ണകലശം എടുത്തുചുമന്നു. പരിവാരങ്ങളാൽ ചുറ്റപ്പെട്ട്, ദീപ്തമുഖിയും ഉഗ്രനേത്രയുമായ അവൾ മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങി।

Word by Word

• हैमम्: golden
• हैमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कलशम्: pot, pitcher
• कलशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-दा (धातु √दा; ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• पूर्णम्: full
• पूर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of कलशम्)

• मूर्ध्ना: with/on the head
• मूर्ध्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महाप्रभा: the great-lustrous one
• महाप्रभा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक; महा + प्रभा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परिवारैः: with attendants
• परिवारैः: Karana/Sahakari (Instrument/Associate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• महाचण्डी: Mahācaṇḍī
• महाचण्डी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-चण्डी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + चण्डी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दीप्तास्या: with a blazing face
• दीप्तास्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त-आस्य (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; दीप्त + आस्य)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (whose face/mouth is blazing)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• उग्रलोचना: fierce-eyed
• उग्रलोचना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र-लोचना (प्रातिपदिक; उग्र + लोचना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahācaṇḍī strides forward with a brimming golden kalaśa balanced on her head; her face shines like fire, eyes fierce; attendants cluster around, forming a moving mandala of power.

Characters & Entities

• Mahācaṇḍī
• Retinue (Parivāra)
• Golden kalaśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred power (śakti) is both auspicious (kalaśa of fullness) and formidable (ugra-darśana), sustaining cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred Himalayan setting, presented through the divine procession imagery.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied ritual symbolism of a pūrṇa-kalaśa (full pot) used in consecrations and auspicious rites; no direct injunction is stated.