Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 161

Devanagari script

ध्यानस्थितस्ततस्तत्र किरातः शिवसंनिधौ । प्रादुर्भूतस्तदा रुद्रः प्रमथैः परिवारितः

Transliteration

dhyānasthitastatastatra kirātaḥ śivasaṃnidhau | prādurbhūtastadā rudraḥ pramathaiḥ parivāritaḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ശിവസന്നിധിയിൽ ധ്യാനനിഷ്ഠനായി നിലകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന ആ കിരാതന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ, പ്രമഥഗണങ്ങൾ ചുറ്റിനിന്ന റുദ്രൻ പ്രത്യക്ഷനായി।

Word by Word

• ध्यानस्थितः: (one) seated in meditation
• ध्यानस्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (कृदन्त; √स्था धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त/क्त (past passive participle) ‘स्थित’; समासः ध्यान-स्थित (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः/अधिकरणार्थः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha/Adverbial (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘then/from there’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• किरातः: the Kirāta (hunter)
• किरातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शिवसंनिधौ: in the presence of Śiva
• शिवसंनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः शिव-संनिधि (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• प्रादुर्भूतः: appeared/manifested
• प्रादुर्भूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रादुस् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + भूत (कृदन्त; √भू धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle) ‘भूत’; अव्ययीभावः प्रादुस्-भूत (appeared)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Sambandha/Adverbial (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रमथैः: by/with the Pramathas (attendants)
• प्रमथैः: Sahakari/Instrument (करण/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• परिवारितः: surrounded
• परिवारितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग) + वारित (कृदन्त; √वृ/√वृञ् ‘to surround/cover’ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/saunaka-ādi style audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kirāta ascetic sits in deep meditation in a Himalayan shrine-space; Rudra suddenly manifests in luminous form, encircled by Pramathas (gaṇas) with wild yet protective presence.

Characters & Entities

• Kirāta
• Śiva
• Rudra
• Pramathas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady meditation in a sanctified place culminates in divine revelation—Śiva becomes directly present to the devoted mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakṣetra, depicted as a place where Rudra’s manifestation (prādurbhāva) occurs to sincere worshippers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditative absorption (dhyāna) in Śiva’s presence is highlighted as the effective spiritual discipline.