Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ता गिरिजा तेन कण्ठं शर्वाद्विमुच्य सा । उवाच कोपरक्ताक्षी भृकुटीविकृतानना

Transliteration

ityuktā girijā tena kaṇṭhaṃ śarvādvimucya sā | uvāca koparaktākṣī bhṛkuṭīvikṛtānanā

Translation

ਇਉਂ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਕਹਿਣ ਤੇ ਗਿਰਿਜਾ ਨੇ ਸ਼ਰਵ ਦੇ ਕੰਠ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਨਾਲ ਲਾਲ ਹੋਈਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ, ਭੌਂਹਾਂ ਚੜ੍ਹੀਆਂ ਹੋਈਆਂ, ਵਿਗੜੇ ਮੁਖ ਨਾਲ ਬੋਲੀ।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• uktā: having been addressed/said to
• uktā: Karta (of implied passive state/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘having been said to/addressed’

• girijā: Giri-jā (Pārvatī)
• girijā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: girijā (प्रातिपदिक) = giri + jā (जन्-धातुज)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गिरेः जाता)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental)

• kaṇṭham: neck
• kaṇṭham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative)

• śarvāt: from Śarva (Śiva)
• śarvāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (ablative)

• vimucya: having released
• vimucya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + muc (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वान्त/gerund), ‘विमुच्य’ = having released/letting go

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (pronoun)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• kopa-rakta-akṣī: with eyes reddened by anger
• kopa-rakta-akṣī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + rakta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + akṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कोपेन रक्ते अक्षिणी यस्याः)

• bhṛkuṭī-vikṛta-ānanā: with a face distorted by a frown
• bhṛkuṭī-vikṛta-ānanā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhṛkuṭī (प्रातिपदिक) + vikṛta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (भृकुट्या विकृतम् आननं यस्याः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī (Girijā) releases her grip from Śiva’s neck; her eyes are red with anger, brows knotted, face tense; Śiva stands composed, moon-crested, ash-smeared, with matted locks; the moment is charged with restrained divine intimacy and conflict.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā
• Pārvatī
• Śarva
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger visibly reshapes speech and conduct; dharma emphasizes mastering krodha before it hardens into harm.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; this is a transition verse in the dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.