Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

हरोऽपि विगतामर्षः कैलासं पर्वतं गतः

Transliteration

haro'pi vigatāmarṣaḥ kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gataḥ

Translation

พระหระเอง เมื่อความพิโรธสงบแล้ว ก็เสด็จกลับสู่เขาไกรลาส

Word by Word

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक निपात (particle: also/even)

• विगतामर्षः: free from anger
• विगतामर्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगत-अमर्ष (प्रातिपदिक; विगत + अमर्ष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'हरः' इत्यस्य विशेषण; तत्पुरुषः (विगतः अमर्षः यस्य)

• कैलासम्: to Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'कैलासम्' इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गत (कृदन्त; गम् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Umā/Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hara, his anger dissolved, turns away from the ruined yajña and journeys back to snow-bright Kailāsa—peaks, glaciers, and serene attendants; the mood shifts from upheaval to stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even fierce divine intervention resolves into tranquility; dharma ultimately returns to steadiness and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is referenced as Śiva’s abode; the broader framing remains within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.