Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

इति श्रुत्वा रुद्रवचो मांटिर्हर्षं परं गतः । ततः काले कियन्मात्रे पत्नी मांटेर्महात्मनः

Transliteration

iti śrutvā rudravaco māṃṭirharṣaṃ paraṃ gataḥ | tataḥ kāle kiyanmātre patnī māṃṭermahātmanaḥ

Translation

ครั้นได้สดับพระวาจาแห่งพระรุทระแล้ว มาฑิย่อมเปี่ยมด้วยปีติอันยิ่งยวด ครั้นกาลล่วงไปไม่นาน ภรรยาของมหาตมันมาฑินั้น…

Word by Word

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

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); श्रु-धातोः; अव्ययभावः; ‘having heard’

• रुद्रवचः: Rudra’s words
• रुद्रवचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य वचः)

• मांटिः: Māṃṭi
• मांटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• हर्षम्: joy
• हर्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• परम्: supreme, great
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हर्षम्)

• गतः: attained
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone/attained’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereafter)

• काले: in time, after some time
• काले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कियन्मात्रे: in a short measure (of time)
• कियन्मात्रे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कियत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘कियत् एव मात्रम्’)

• पत्नी: wife
• पत्नी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• मांटेः: of Māṃṭi
• मांटेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मांटेः)

Speaker

Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (Māṃṭi) stands with folded hands, eyes bright with joy, as Rudra’s words resound; the scene pauses at the threshold of a forthcoming miraculous birth.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Māṃṭi
• Māṃṭi’s wife (unnamed here)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When Śiva’s word is received with devotion, it becomes a living promise that unfolds in time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The background remains Vārāṇasī (Kāśī), the sacred city associated with Rudra’s grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition describing the devotee’s response and the passage of time.