Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ततः प्रोवाच भगवानग्निं प्रति महेश्वरः । मासिमासि प्रतप्तानां देहे तेजो विसृज्यताम्

Transliteration

tataḥ provāca bhagavānagniṃ prati maheśvaraḥ | māsimāsi prataptānāṃ dehe tejo visṛjyatām

Translation

मग भगवान महेश्वरांनी अग्नीला सांगितले—“मासोमास तप्त झालेल्यांच्या देहात हे तेज विसर्जित होवो.”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Discourse sequence/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (thereupon/then)

• provāca: said
• provāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग-पूर्वक (प्र + उवाच)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• agnim: to Agni
• agnim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prati: towards/to
• prati: Sambandha (Prepositional relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय; प्रति = towards, to (governs accusative)

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheśvara
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भवान्-समानााधिकरण

• māsi: in a month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• māsi: in (each) month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (māsi māsi = month after month)

• prataptānām: of the heated/tormented (ones)
• prataptānām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratapta (प्रातिपदिक; √tap क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (देहे—सम्बन्ध)

• dehe: in the body
• dehe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• tejaḥ: splendor/energy
• tejaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• visṛjyatām: let (it) be released
• visṛjyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: visṛj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (let it be discharged)

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Agni with calm authority; a conceptual tableau shows ascetics or beings marked by austerity—lean, radiant, heat-hardened—receiving measured portions of fiery radiance month by month.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Maheśvara)
• Agni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine energy (tejas) is not random; it is governed by Īśvara’s command and can be bestowed to sustain beings through hardship and tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame, tying Śiva’s ordinance to the sanctity of the Himalayan sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is a command to Agni about the distribution of tejas.