Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

अस्य गोत्रं कुलं नाम न जानंति हि पर्वत । ब्रह्मादयो हि विवुधा अन्येषां चैव का कथा

Transliteration

asya gotraṃ kulaṃ nāma na jānaṃti hi parvata | brahmādayo hi vivudhā anyeṣāṃ caiva kā kathā

Translation

يا بارفَتا (Parvata)، إنَّ غوترَه (gotra) ونَسَبَه (kula) بل وحتى «اسمَه» لا يعرفه أحد. حتى براهما (Brahmā) وسائر الآلهة لا يعلمون—فماذا يُقال عن غيرهم؟

Word by Word

• अस्य: of him/this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (pronoun)

• गोत्रम्: clan/lineage
• गोत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुलम्: family
• कुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• जानन्ति: know
• जानन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• पर्वत: O mountain
• पर्वत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रह्मादयः: Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्मादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• विवुधाः: gods/wise beings
• विवुधाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (restrictive/emphatic particle)

• का: what
• का: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथा: talk/mention
• कथा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Nārada (within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Parvata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Himalayan dialogue scene: a speaker addresses ‘Parvata’ (the mountain personified), declaring that even Brahmā and the gods do not know Śiva’s gotra/kula/nāma; Kedāra peaks and a distant liṅga-shrine suggest the hidden Lord.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brahmā
• Parvata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is ultimately indefinable; even the highest cosmic beings cannot delimit him with ordinary identifiers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context continues to uphold Kedāra’s Śaiva grandeur, though this verse is doctrinal rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the teaching is philosophical/theological.