Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

प्रादुर्बभूव सहसा निजरूपधरस्तदा । यदा ध्यानस्थिता देवी निजध्यानपरा सती

Transliteration

prādurbabhūva sahasā nijarūpadharastadā | yadā dhyānasthitā devī nijadhyānaparā satī

Translation

Então, de súbito, ele se manifestou em sua própria forma verdadeira, quando a Deusa, a virtuosa Satī, estava sentada em meditação, inteiramente devotada à sua contemplação interior.

Word by Word

• prādur: manifest; forth
• prādur: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prādur (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रादुर्भाववाचक-अव्यय (appearing forth)

• babhūva: became; appeared
• babhūva: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• sahasā: suddenly
• sahasā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (suddenly)

• nija-rūpa-dharaḥ: bearing his own form
• nija-rūpa-dharaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (निज) + rūpa (रूप) + dhara (धर) (प्रातिपदिक-त्रय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (निजं रूपं धरः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative temporal: when)

• dhyāna-sthitā: absorbed in meditation
• dhyāna-sthitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhyāna (ध्यान) + sthitā (स्थित, √sthā + kta)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ध्याने स्थिता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nija-dhyāna-parā: intent on her own meditation
• nija-dhyāna-parā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (निज) + dhyāna (ध्यान) + parā (परा)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (निजे ध्याने परा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• satī: Satī (the virtuous one)
• satī: Apposition (Sāmānādhikaraṇya/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (सती प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa by section convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Devī sits in meditation, serene and unmoving; suddenly Śiva appears in his true form, luminous and majestic, as if emerging from the very space of her contemplation.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Satī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady meditation and inner absorption become the occasion for divine manifestation and direct spiritual vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred milieu (Kedāra/Kedārnātha region) frames the divine appearance as part of its Mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditative practice (dhyāna) is implied as the spiritual discipline leading to darśana.