Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

तपसा परमोग्रेण चरंती चारुहासिनी । मदनो यत्र दग्धश्च रुद्रेण च महात्मना । तत्रैव वेदिं कृत्वा च तस्योपरि सुसंस्थिता

Transliteration

tapasā paramogreṇa caraṃtī cāruhāsinī | madano yatra dagdhaśca rudreṇa ca mahātmanā | tatraiva vediṃ kṛtvā ca tasyopari susaṃsthitā

Translation

ด้วยตบะอันยิ่งใหญ่และเคร่งครัด นางผู้มีรอยยิ้มงดงามได้ไปถึงสถานที่ซึ่งพระรุทระผู้มหาตมะได้เผามทนะ (กามเทพ) ให้มอดไหม้ ที่นั่นเองนางได้สร้างเวทีบูชาอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ แล้วประทับนั่งอย่างมั่นคงเหนือเวทีนั้น

Word by Word

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• परमोग्रेण: with extremely fierce (austerity)
• परमोग्रेण: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (तपसा इति सह) Instrumental singular adjective

• चरन्ती: practising/performing (austerity)
• चरन्ती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Present active participle, nominative singular feminine

• चारुहासिनी: smiling beautifully
• चारुहासिनी: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु + हासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular feminine

• मदनः: Madana (Kāma)
• मदनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb); indeclinable

• दग्धः: burnt
• दग्धः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Past passive participle, nominative singular masculine

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• रुद्रेण: by Rudra
• रुद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (रुद्रेण इति सह) Instrumental singular adjective

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• वेदिम्: altar
• वेदिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); having done/made

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तस्य: of it/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (pronoun)

• उपरि: upon/above
• उपरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय/अव्ययीभावार्थ (prepositional adverb)

• सुसंस्थिता: well-seated/firmly established
• सुसंस्थिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Past passive participle, nominative singular feminine

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context, traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-tapas-kṣetra (Kāma-dahana-smṛti-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Girijā, fair-smiling yet severe, arrives at the famed spot of Kāma’s burning; she builds a small vedi/altar and sits immovable in tapas, with the Himalaya as witness.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Girijā)
• Madana/Kāma
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Kedāra region (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire is subdued in the presence of Rudra; tapas at such a sanctified spot supports inner mastery and divine attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Kedāra-region sacred spot identified by the mythic marker: where Kāma (Madana) was burned by Rudra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

She makes a vedi (altar) and seats herself for austerity—an ascetic, place-centered practice rather than a full yajña description.