Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

दग्ध्वा कालं महादेवो निर्भयं च ददौ विभुः । श्वेतस्य राजराजस्य महीपालवरस्य च

Transliteration

dagdhvā kālaṃ mahādevo nirbhayaṃ ca dadau vibhuḥ | śvetasya rājarājasya mahīpālavarasya ca

Translation

ครั้นทรงเผาผลาญ (ปราบ) กาลแล้ว พระมหาเทพผู้ทรงฤทธิ์ได้ประทานความไร้ภัยแก่พระเศวตะ—ราชาเหนือราชาทั้งหลาย ผู้เป็นมหาราชาผู้เลิศ

Word by Word

• दग्ध्वा: having burnt
• दग्ध्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (gerund): ‘having burnt’

• कालम्: Kāla (Death/Time)
• कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• निर्भयम्: fearlessness
• निर्भयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; दानकर्म (thing given)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• विभुः: the Lord
• विभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तृपद-सम्बोधनम् (appositional)

• श्वेतस्य: of Śveta
• श्वेतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• राजराजस्य: of the king of kings
• राजराजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘राज्ञां राजा’

• महीपालवरस्य: of the best of kings
• महीपालवरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + पाल (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘महीपालानां वरः’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva in fierce yet benevolent form incinerates Kāla (personified as dark figure with noose/clock-like emblem), then extends abhaya-mudrā to King Śveta, who kneels with folded hands; flames are symbolic, not destructive to the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Śiva
• Kāla
• Śveta (King Śveta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-bhakti culminates in fearlessness because the Lord who transcends Time can remove the devotee’s dread of death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāranātha (Kedārakhaṇḍa context), where Śiva’s grace and protection are celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; the verse highlights Śiva’s direct bestowal of protection as the fruit of devotion.