Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तदा स्तुतो महादेवः परशक्त्या परंतपः । परशक्तिमुवाचेदं वरं वरय शोभने

Transliteration

tadā stuto mahādevaḥ paraśaktyā paraṃtapaḥ | paraśaktimuvācedaṃ varaṃ varaya śobhane

Translation

แล้วพระปราศักติได้สรรเสริญพระมหาเทพ ผู้ทรงปราบศัตรูอันเกรียงไกร พระมหาเทพตรัสแก่นางว่า: “โอ้ผู้เป็นมงคล จงเลือกพรเถิด”

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तुत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परशक्त्या: by Paraśakti
• परशक्त्या: Kartr/Instrument (Agent/Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• परंतपः: scorcher of foes
• परंतपः: Viśeṣaṇa (Epithet/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (परान् तपति इति); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेषणरूप संज्ञा

• परशक्तिम्: Paraśakti
• परशक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वरय: choose (request)
• वरय: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• शोभने: O beautiful one
• शोभने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/संबोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaśa (narrating Śiva’s words)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the combat, Parāśakti offers praise to Mahādeva; Śiva, appeased and radiant, addresses her tenderly, inviting her to choose a boon—an intimate divine council scene.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Parāśakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Praise (stuti) offered with devotion invites grace; Śiva responds by granting boons aligned with cosmic welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context ties the narrative to Kedāra’s śaiva sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed, but stuti (hymnic praise) is implicitly upheld as a powerful devotional act.