Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ततो वर्षशतस्यांते तुतोष शशिशेखरः । प्रत्यक्षीभूय मामाह मेघगंभीरया गिरा

Transliteration

tato varṣaśatasyāṃte tutoṣa śaśiśekharaḥ | pratyakṣībhūya māmāha meghagaṃbhīrayā girā

Translation

ତାପରେ ଶତବର୍ଷର ଶେଷରେ ଶଶିଶେଖର (ଶିବ) ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ ହେଲେ। ସେ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟକ୍ଷ ହୋଇ ମେଘଗମ୍ଭୀର ବାଣୀରେ ମୋତେ କହିଲେ।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): 'thereupon/then'

• varṣa-śatasya: of (a) hundred years
• varṣa-śatasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (varṣāṇāṃ śatam → varṣaśatam)

• ante: at the end
• ante: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• tutoṣa: was pleased, became satisfied
• tutoṣa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śaśi-śekharaḥ: Śiva, the moon-crested one
• śaśi-śekharaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक) + śekhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (śaśinaḥ śekharaḥ)

• pratyakṣī-bhūya: having appeared (visibly)
• pratyakṣī-bhūya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyakṣī (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-निबद्ध) + bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) from √bhū with pratyakṣī-; अव्ययभाव: 'having become manifest/visible'

• mām: me
• mām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• āha: said
• āha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• megha-gaṃbhīrayā: with (a voice) deep like a cloud
• megha-gaṃbhīrayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: megha (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṃbhīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (meghavat gaṃbhīrā)

• girā: by/with (his) speech, voice
• girā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gir (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (first-person recipient of Śiva’s grace; exact identity not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a century of austerity, Śiva appears before the ascetic; the air is heavy with monsoon-cloud depth as the Lord speaks in a voice like thunder.

Characters & Entities

• Śaśiśekhara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained devotion over time culminates in divine grace and direct spiritual assurance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned in this verse; the focus is on the fruit of prolonged worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies long-term disciplined worship leading to Śiva’s satisfaction, without detailing a new procedure here.