Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

एवं शिरांस्येव बहूनि तेन समर्पितान्येव शिवार्चनार्थे । भूत्वा कबंधो हि पुनः पुनश्च शिवोऽसौ वरदो बभूव

Transliteration

evaṃ śirāṃsyeva bahūni tena samarpitānyeva śivārcanārthe | bhūtvā kabaṃdho hi punaḥ punaśca śivo'sau varado babhūva

Translation

یوں اس نے شیو کی ارچنا کے لیے بہت سے سر نذر کیے۔ بار بار بے سر ہو جانے کے باوجود، وہی شیو اس کے لیے ور دینے والا بن گیا۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• शिरांसि: heads
• शिरांसि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समर्पितानि: offered; dedicated
• समर्पितानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• शिवार्चनार्थे: for the purpose of worshipping Śiva
• शिवार्चनार्थे: Prayojana/Adhikarana (Purpose/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य अर्चनस्य अर्थे = for the purpose of Śiva-worship)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Absolutive/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• कबन्धः: a headless trunk
• कबन्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

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

• असौ: that (he)
• असौ: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वरदः: boon-giver
• वरदः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बभूव: became; was
• बभूव: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāvaṇa repeatedly offering heads; the astonishing image of a headless trunk (kabandha) continuing worship while Śiva’s presence becomes palpably benevolent and boon-bestowing.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persistent worship culminates in divine grace—Śiva is celebrated as varada, the one who grants boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the sacred frame where Śiva’s boon-bestowing nature is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śivārcana (worship of Śiva) is the stated practice; the verse underscores perseverance in devotion.