Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

कीलितो देवदेवेशः शंकरश्च त्रिलोचनः । गिरिजया महाभाग पातितो भूमिमंडले

Transliteration

kīlito devadeveśaḥ śaṃkaraśca trilocanaḥ | girijayā mahābhāga pātito bhūmimaṃḍale

Translation

देवदेवेश त्रिलोचन शंकर कीलित होऊन पराजित झाले; हे महाभाग, गिरिजेने त्यांना भूमिमंडलावर पाडले.

Word by Word

• कीलितः: pinned/nailed down
• कीलितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीलित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कील्/कीलय् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शंकरः)

• देवदेवेशः: Lord of the god of gods
• देवदेवेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—देवानां देवस्य ईशः (lord of the god of gods)

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• त्रिलोचनः: the three-eyed one
• त्रिलोचनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—त्रीणि लोचनानि यस्य सः

• गिरिजया: by Girijā (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महाभाग: O noble one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—महान् भागः यस्य (O fortunate one)

• पातितः: made to fall / cast down
• पातितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पातित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पत्/पातय् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शंकरः)

• भूमिमण्डले: on the earth’s surface
• भूमिमण्डले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—भूमेः मण्डलम्

Speaker

Vyāsa (narrating to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed Śiva-tīrtha (site of Śiva’s ‘kīlana’ by Girijā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: O great one (addressed interlocutor not specified in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī (Girijā) in commanding yet compassionate form immobilizes the three-eyed Śaṅkara—symbolic ‘pinning’ gesture—while the earth beneath becomes a sanctified spot, trembling with divine energy.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Trilocana
• Girijā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the supreme Lord participates in divine play (līlā), through which sacred places and their spiritual power are revealed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is part of the Śiva-tīrtha māhātmya in Dharmāraṇya, explaining the sacred background of that pilgrimage spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse advances the etiological (origin) narrative for the tīrtha.