Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अनयाराधितो रुद्रो रुद्रेण परिभाविता । इयं महाभागा शिवाय प्रतिदीयताम्

Transliteration

anayārādhito rudro rudreṇa paribhāvitā | iyaṃ mahābhāgā śivāya pratidīyatām

Translation

ด้วยนางนี้ พระรุทระได้รับการบูชา และพระรุทระเองได้ชำระนางให้บริสุทธิ์ ขอจงถวายสตรีผู้ประเสริฐนี้แด่พระศิวะโดยสมควร

Word by Word

• anayā: by her
• anayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम — feminine instrumental singular

• ārādhitaḥ: worshipped
• ārādhitaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + rādh (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — masculine nominative singular ‘worshipped/propitiated’

• rudraḥ: Rudra
• rudraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• rudreṇa: by Rudra
• rudreṇa: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — masculine instrumental singular

• paribhāvitā: honoured/treated
• paribhāvitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + bhū (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त causative PPP — feminine nominative singular ‘honoured/treated/affected’

• iyam: this (she)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम — feminine nominative singular

• mahābhāgā: the fortunate lady
• mahābhāgā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular

• śivāya: to Śiva
• śivāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — masculine dative singular

• pratidīyatām: let (her) be given (in marriage)
• pratidīyatām: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati + dā (धातु) + ya (य)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive) — ‘let (her) be given’

Speaker

Menā (continuing), within Sūta’s narration (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis and Himālaya household (in-scene)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages/elders declare that she has worshipped Rudra and is sanctified by him; they urge that she be formally given to Śiva—an atmosphere of sacred approval.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva
• Girijā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion transforms the devotee; Śiva’s sanctifying grace confirms the rightness of the dharmic path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra sacred geography, Śiva’s worship and grace are foregrounded as the region’s spiritual core.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A formal directive: “pratidīyatām”—let her be duly given to Śiva (a sanctioned offering/handing over).