Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तथा निशम्य तद्वाक्यं नारदस्य मुखोद्गतम् । वीरभद्रो रुषाविष्टो नारदं प्रत्युवाच ह

Transliteration

tathā niśamya tadvākyaṃ nāradasya mukhodgatam | vīrabhadro ruṣāviṣṭo nāradaṃ pratyuvāca ha

Translation

Услышав слова, исходившие из уст Нарады, Вирабхадра, охваченный гневом, ответил Нараде.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus/thereupon
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (thus/thereupon)

• निशम्य: having heard
• निशम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + शम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) — having heard

• तद्वाक्यम्: that statement
• तद्वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नारदस्य: of Nārada
• नारदस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मुखोद्गतम्: uttered from (his) mouth
• मुखोद्गतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्गत (गम् धातु + क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मुखात् उद्गतम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Tatpurusha compound, Neuter, Accusative, Singular (agreeing with तद्वाक्यम्)

• वीरभद्रः: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रुषाविष्टः: possessed by anger/enraged
• रुषाविष्टः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुषा (प्रातिपदिक) + आविष्ट (विश् धातु + क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (रुषा आविष्टः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Tatpurusha compound, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नारदम्: Nārada
• नारदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रत्युवाच: replied/answered
• प्रत्युवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (expletive)
• ह: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: पादपूरण/स्मरणार्थक-अव्यय (expletive particle)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced: narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra, eyes reddened with rage, turns to answer Nārada sharply; Nārada remains composed, absorbing the heat of the retort.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vīrabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing truth is not enough—one must receive it with inner calm; anger distorts judgment and blocks dharmic guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra (Kedarnath) is the broader sacred context; the verse itself is part of the moral-drama within the tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.