Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
Devanagari script
आगतस्तत्क्षणादेव नृपं प्रति रुषान्वितः । खड्गेन सितधारेण चर्मणा परमेम हि
Transliteration
āgatastatkṣaṇādeva nṛpaṃ prati ruṣānvitaḥ | khaḍgena sitadhāreṇa carmaṇā paramema hi
Translation
اسی لمحے وہ بادشاہ کی طرف غضبناک ہو کر آ پہنچا—چمکتی دھار والی تلوار لیے اور چرم (کھال) سے آراستہ، نہایت ہیبت ناک صورت میں۔
Word by Word
āgataḥcame
āgataḥ:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā√gam (गम् धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle used finitely), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tat-kṣaṇātfrom that very moment
tat-kṣaṇāt:
Apadana (Source/Time-from/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तत् + क्षण)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय
nṛpamthe king
nṛpam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
pratitowards
prati:
Sambandha (Direction marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprati (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्)
Formउपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय/पूर्वसर्ग (preposition: towards)
ruṣā-anvitaḥaccompanied by anger
ruṣā-anvitaḥ:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootruṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (अन्वि/इ धातोः क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (रुषया अन्वितः)
khaḍgenawith a sword
khaḍgena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkhaḍga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन
sita-dhāreṇawith bright/shining edge
sita-dhāreṇa:
Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsita (प्रातिपदिक) + dhārā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सिता धारा यस्य)
carmaṇāwith a shield/leather (cover)
carmaṇā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootcarman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
paramemathis supreme (one)
paramema:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparama (प्रातिपदिक) + ima (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पाठदोषसम्भावना—'परमेम' इति 'परमः इमः/एषः' (this supreme one) इत्यर्थे
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; निश्चयार्थ)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: ṛṣi-audience
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Yama arrives suddenly, wrathful, brandishing a bright sword and bearing a hide—an intimidating, martial apparition set against the sacred Himalayan stillness.
Characters & Entities
Y
YamaK
King (nṛpa)K
Khaḍga (sword)FAQs
The text heightens the contrast between death’s intimidation and the devotee’s spiritual standing in a Śiva-kṣetra.
Kedāra-kṣetra, the arena where Yama’s formidable presence is narrated.
None.