Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एवं विहरतस्तस्य बहुकालोत्यवर्तत । गते बहुतिथेकाले पापौघनिरतस्य च

Transliteration

evaṃ viharatastasya bahukālotyavartata | gate bahutithekāle pāpaughaniratasya ca

Translation

ଏଭଳି ଭାବେ ଜୀବନ କାଟୁଥିବା ତାହାର ବହୁକାଳ ଅତିବାହିତ ହେଲା; ଅନେକ ଦିନ ଗତ ହେଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେ ପାପର ଓଘରେ ନିରତ ରହିଲା।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — adverb (thus)

• विहरतः: of (him) roaming/indulging
• विहरतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (धातु) + वि + शतृ (प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Present participle; Genitive singular (while he was roaming/indulging)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• बहुकालः: a long time
• बहुकालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु-काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• अत्यवर्तत: elapsed
• अत्यवर्तत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति+√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperfect, 3rd sg (passed by/elapsed)

• गते: when (it) had passed
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Locative absolute (when ... had passed)

• बहुतिथेकाले: after many days/time
• बहुतिथेकाले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु-तिथि-काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Locative singular (in/at a time of many days)

• पापौघनिरतस्य: of one devoted to a flood of sins
• पापौघनिरतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-ओघ-निरत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive singular; विशेषण (of tasya)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

Speaker

Lomaśa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage-like sense of passing seasons in the mountains: the hunter repeating acts of violence; the river flows steadily, symbolizing the ‘flood’ of sin and the passage of time.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkasena (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Habitual wrongdoing hardens over time; the Purāṇa prepares the reader to witness how divine contact can still reverse it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s Śaiva region, whose greatness is often shown by redeeming even long-standing sinners.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.