Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 250

Devanagari script

तद्दक्षिणे च केदारो रुद्रानुचरताप्रदः । चंद्रसूर्यान्वयैर्भूपैः केदाराद्दक्षिणापथे

Transliteration

taddakṣiṇe ca kedāro rudrānucaratāpradaḥ | caṃdrasūryānvayairbhūpaiḥ kedārāddakṣiṇāpathe

Translation

وفي جنوبه كِيدَارَ (Kedāra)، يمنح حالَ التبعية والخدمة لرودرا (Rudra). وعلى الطريق الجنوبي الممتدّ من كيدارَ مواضعُ متّصلةٌ بملوك السلالتين القمرية والشمسية.

Word by Word

• तत्-दक्षिणे: to its south
• तत्-दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थाननिर्देश (to the south of that)

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

• केदारः: Kedāra
• केदारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रुद्र-अनुचरता-प्रदः: giver of attendance/service to Rudra
• रुद्र-अनुचरता-प्रदः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र + अनुचरता + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'केदारः' इति विशेषण; प्रदः = दाता (giver)

• चंद्र-सूर्य-अन्वयैः: by kings of the lunar and solar lineages
• चंद्र-सूर्य-अन्वयैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चंद्र + सूर्य + अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; 'भूपैः' इति विशेषण

• भूपैः: by kings
• भूपैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• केदारात्: from Kedāra
• केदारात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• दक्षिणापथे: on the southern road/path
• दक्षिणापथे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण + पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A southward-moving pilgrimage line along ghāṭs leading to Kedāra; the Kedāra shrine stands near the river with flags and tridents; panels or storytellers recall kings of the lunar and solar lines connected to the route.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Kedāra (Kedāreśvara)
• Rudra
• Candra-vaṃśa
• Sūrya-vaṃśa
• Bhūpa (kings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Śiva in Kāśī is portrayed as entering Rudra’s retinue—spiritual identity is transformed through tīrtha-yātrā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra (Kedāreśvara) in Kāśī and the southern route linked with royal lineages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Following the southern path from Kedāra as part of the pilgrimage circuit, seeking the fruit of Rudra-anucaratā.