Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तदा राहुः प्रणम्य शिरसा शिवम् । मौलौ स्थितस्तदा चंद्रो अमृतं व्यसृजद्भयात्

Transliteration

evamuktastadā rāhuḥ praṇamya śirasā śivam | maulau sthitastadā caṃdro amṛtaṃ vyasṛjadbhayāt

Translation

ครั้นถูกตรัสดังนั้น ราหูจึงก้มเศียรนอบน้อมถวายบังคมแด่พระศิวะ แล้วพระจันทร์ซึ่งสถิตบนมวยผมมงกุฎของพระศิวะก็หลั่งอมฤตด้วยความหวาดกลัว

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘thus’

• uktaḥ: (having been) addressed/said
• uktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of rāhuḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘having been said/addressed’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — temporal adverb ‘then’

• rāhuḥ: Rāhu
• rāhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having bowed’

• śirasā: with (his) head
• śirasā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• śivam: Śiva
• śivam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• maulau: on (his) crown/topknot
• maulau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mauli (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• sthitaḥ: standing/placed
• sthitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of caṃdraḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘standing/placed’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — ‘then’

• caṃdraḥ: the Moon
• caṃdraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• amṛtam: nectar
• amṛtam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• vyasṛjat: released/let out
• vyasṛjat: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमा-पुरुष, एकवचन — imperfect, 3rd sg ‘released’

• bhayāt: from fear
• bhayāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — ablative singular

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣi/śaunaka-type setting implied by Purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāhu bows with head lowered before Śiva; above Śiva’s brow the Moon rests on His crown, trembling, letting fall drops/stream of amṛta in fear; a dark eclipse-serpent presence contrasts with Śiva’s calm radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Rāhu
• Śiva
• Candra (Moon)
• Amṛta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Submission to Śiva restores order: even powerful cosmic beings yield when Śiva’s authority is acknowledged.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred landscape is the textual frame; the verse highlights Śiva’s cūḍā (crown) symbolism that undergirds Kedāra’s Śaiva greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is mentioned.