Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तदा वृतो महादेवो वरेण परमेण हि । योऽयं त्वया हतो देव मम पुत्रो न संशयः

Transliteration

tadā vṛto mahādevo vareṇa parameṇa hi | yo'yaṃ tvayā hato deva mama putro na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

แล้วจึงทูลขอพรอันสูงสุดต่อพระมหาเทพว่า: “ข้าแต่เทพ ผู้ที่พระองค์ทรงประหารนี้คือบุตรของข้าพเจ้า หาใช่สิ่งน่าสงสัยไม่”

Word by Word

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

• वृतः: chosen/entreated
• वृतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु) → वृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (अर्थः: वृत/वरणीकृत/प्रार्थित)

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

• वरेण: by (means of) a boon
• वरेण: Karana/Hetu (Means/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• परमेण: supreme
• परमेण: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (वरेण)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• हतः: killed
• हतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Parāśakti (implied; continuing from prior context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parāśakti, having been offered a boon, petitions Mahādeva with the highest request: the slain one is her son—an emotionally charged moment of maternal certainty and divine negotiation for restoration.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Parāśakti
• Gaṇeśa (as 'my son')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine compassion seeks restoration; the Goddess appeals to Śiva’s grace to uphold harmony rather than mere destruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting links the episode to Kedāra’s sacred tradition within the Skanda Purana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it centers on divine intercession and boon-seeking.