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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

तेन मूर्छितसर्वाङ्गः कामरूपो जगद्गुरुः । कामयामास रुद्राणीं दिव्यं वर्षशतं किल

tena mūrchitasarvāṅgaḥ kāmarūpo jagadguruḥ | kāmayāmāsa rudrāṇīṃ divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ kila

तेन मूर्छितसर्वाङ्गः कामरूपो जगद्गुरुः। रुद्राणीं कामयामास दिव्यं वर्षशतं किल॥

तेनby him/thereby
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — instrumental ‘by him/thereby’
मूर्छितसर्वाङ्गःwhose whole body was stupefied
मूर्छितसर्वाङ्गः:
Karta (Subject-complement/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमूर्छित (मूर्छ् धातु + क्त) + सर्व + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘मूर्छितानि सर्वाणि अङ्गानि यस्य’ as adjectival); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — qualifying subject
कामरूपःin the form of desire
कामरूपः:
Karta (Subject-complement/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकाम + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — qualifying ‘जगद्गुरुः’
जगद्गुरुःthe teacher of the world
जगद्गुरुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् + गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — subject
कामयामासdesired
कामयामास:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकामय् (धातु, denominative)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘desired’
रुद्राणीम्Rudrāṇī (Pārvatī)
रुद्राणीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्राणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — object
दिव्यम्divine
दिव्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — qualifying ‘वर्षशतम्’
वर्षशतम्a hundred years
वर्षशतम्:
Karma (Extent of time/कालाधिकरण-आक्षेप)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्विगु-समास (शतं वर्षाणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — duration (accusative of extent)
किलindeed, it is said
किल:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिल (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात) — emphatic/quotative ‘indeed/it is said’

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Scene: Śiva, the jagadguru, is overtaken by Kāma’s influence, appearing ‘senseless’ in limbs, absorbed in longing for Rudrāṇī across a vast divine timespan.

Ś
Śiva (Jagadguru)
R
Rudrāṇī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

Even cosmic events that appear driven by desire are framed in Purāṇas as movements toward a higher dharmic purpose within divine play (līlā).

The broader frame is Revā Khaṇḍa connected to the sanctity of Revā/Narmadā, though this verse itself focuses on the divine narrative rather than a named tīrtha.

None in this verse; it is narrative description setting up later divine actions.