Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

शंभुः प्रहस्याथ तदा महेशः संजीवयामास पिनाकपाणिः । चकार रूपं च यथा पुरासीदालिंगतोसौ यमदूतमध्ये

Transliteration

śaṃbhuḥ prahasyātha tadā maheśaḥ saṃjīvayāmāsa pinākapāṇiḥ | cakāra rūpaṃ ca yathā purāsīdāliṃgatosau yamadūtamadhye

Translation

แล้วศัมภูทรงแย้มสรวล; มเหศผู้ทรงคันศรปินากะทรงชุบชีวิตเขา และท่ามกลางทูตแห่งยมะ พระองค์ทรงคืนรูปเดิมให้ดังแต่ก่อน

Word by Word

• शंभुः: Śambhu
• शंभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• प्रहस्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + हस् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having laughed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (at that time)

• महेशः: Maheśa
• महेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'शंभुः' इत्यस्य पर्याय/अप्पोजिशन

• संजीवयामास: revived (caused to live)
• संजीवयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जीव् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• पिनाकपाणिः: the Pināka-handed (Śiva)
• पिनाकपाणिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाक + पाणि (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पिनाकस्य पाणिः = whose hand holds Pināka)

• चकार: made
• चकार: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रूपम्: a form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/just as)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• आलिङ्गतः: embraced
• आलिङ्गतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + लिङ्ग् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) प्रयोगे; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'असौ' इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (one who was embraced)

• असौ: that one (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यमदूतमध्ये: in the midst of Yama's messengers
• यमदूतमध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमदूत + मध्य (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यमदूतानां मध्ये)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva smiles and revives a fallen devotee/king amid Yama’s messengers; the revived person regains former bodily form, standing surrounded by startled Yamadūtas.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṁbhu (Śiva)
• Mahēśa (Śiva)
• Pināka
• Yamadūta (messengers of Yama)
• Kāla (implied referent of revival)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace transcends the agents of death; the Lord restores life and order when petitioned in dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, as the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative space emphasizing Śiva’s mahimā (greatness).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction; the verse narrates Śiva’s act of revival and restoration.