Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

अत्र कुण्डे नरः स्नात्वा श्राद्धं कृत्वा यथाविधि । अत्रीशं च नमस्कृत्य केदारं च प्रपश्यति

Transliteration

atra kuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi | atrīśaṃ ca namaskṛtya kedāraṃ ca prapaśyati

Translation

هنا، بعد أن يغتسل المرء في الحوض المقدّس ويؤدّي شْرادْدها (śrāddha) على وفق الشريعة، ثم يسجد لأترِيشا، ينبغي له أن يشاهد كيدارا أيضًا.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण) — here

• कुण्डे: in the pond/pool
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — having bathed

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — having done/performed

• यथाविधि: according to the prescribed rule
• यथाविधि: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + विधि (अव्ययीभाव-समास)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण); समास: यथा-विधि (अव्ययीभाव) — according to rule

• अत्रीशम्: Atrīśa
• अत्रीशम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular; समास: अत्रि+ईश (तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• नमस्कृत्य: having bowed/saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस्-कृ (धातु) → नमस्कृत्य (ल्यप्)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्ययभाव), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — having saluted

• केदारम्: Kedara
• केदारम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• प्रपश्यति: beholds/sees
• प्रपश्यति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — sees/beholds

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed) Kuṇḍa near Atrīśa–Kedāra

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes in a clear kuṇḍa, then performs śrāddha with darbha and water offerings; afterward he bows at the Atrīśa shrine and walks toward the Kedāra-liṅga for darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa (sacred pond)
• Śrāddha
• Atrīśa
• Kedāra-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed through a dharmic sequence—purification (snāna), ancestral duty (śrāddha), reverence, and darśana of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa (sacred pond), Atrīśa, and Kedāra-liṅga within this chapter’s Mahīnagaraka sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the kuṇḍa, perform śrāddha as prescribed, bow to Atrīśa, and take darśana of Kedāra-liṅga.