Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

बभौ त्रिलोकीकृतविश्वमंगलो महानुभावैर्हृदि कृत्य धिष्ठितः । शिवेन साकं परमार्थदस्तदा हरिः परात्मा जगदेकबंधुः

Transliteration

babhau trilokīkṛtaviśvamaṃgalo mahānubhāvairhṛdi kṛtya dhiṣṭhitaḥ | śivena sākaṃ paramārthadastadā hariḥ parātmā jagadekabaṃdhuḥ

Translation

പരമാത്മാവായ ഹരി, ജഗത്തിന്റെ ഏകബന്ധു, ത്രിലോകങ്ങളെ വിശ്വമംഗളമാക്കി മഹാത്മാക്കളുടെ ഹൃദയങ്ങളിൽ അധിഷ്ഠിതനായി പ്രകാശിച്ചു. പിന്നെ ശിവനോടൊപ്പം പരമാർത്ഥം—പരമസത്യം—അരുളി നൽകി.

Word by Word

• babhau: shone; appeared
• babhau: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• trilokī-kṛta-viśva-maṅgalaḥ: whose auspiciousness (maṅgala) made the three worlds and the universe (as it were)
• trilokī-kṛta-viśva-maṅgalaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण) of hariḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-lokī (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृ धातु, क्त) + viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (determinative), बहुपदसमासः

• mahānubhāvaiḥ: by great-souled ones
• mahānubhāvaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-anubhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• hṛdi: in the heart
• hṛdi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular)

• kṛtya: having done; having made
• kṛtya: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + ल्यप् (absolutive)
• Form: अव्ययभावः (gerund/absolutive), ‘having done’

• adhiṣṭhitaḥ: seated; established
• adhiṣṭhitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण) of hariḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhi-√sthā (स्था धातु) + क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• śivena: with Śiva
• śivena: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• sākaṃ: together with
• sākaṃ: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; सहार्थक (with/along with)

• paramārtha-daḥ: giver of the highest truth/goal
• paramārtha-daḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण) of hariḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama-artha (प्रातिपदिक) + da (दा धातु से ‘द’/प्रातिपदिक ‘द’ = giver)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः

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

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• parātmā: the Supreme Self
• parātmā: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानााधिकरण) to hariḥ
• Type: Noun
• Root: para-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• jagat-eka-bandhuḥ: the sole kinsman/friend of the world
• jagat-eka-bandhuḥ: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानााधिकरण) to hariḥ
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक) + bandhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous Hari, radiating auspiciousness across the three worlds, seated as if enthroned within the hearts of great sages; beside him Śiva stands in concord, together imparting the highest truth to an assembly of realized beings in a Himalayan sacred setting.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Śiva
• Three worlds (Trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest good (paramārtha) is realized when the divine is enthroned in the heart; Hari and Śiva together signify non-sectarian wholeness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred region (Kedārakhaṇḍa) within the Māheśvara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the focus is theological—divine auspiciousness and bestowal of ultimate truth.