Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तदोवाच महातेजा गणाध्यक्षो गणैः सह । सशक्तिकं स्तूयमानः शक्त्या च परया तदा

Transliteration

tadovāca mahātejā gaṇādhyakṣo gaṇaiḥ saha | saśaktikaṃ stūyamānaḥ śaktyā ca parayā tadā

Translation

Da sprach der strahlende Herr der Gaṇas (Gaṇeśa) zusammen mit seinen Gefolgsleuten—während die mit Śakti vereinte Gottheit gepriesen wurde und während die höchste Kraft selbst dort gegenwärtig war.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective) गणाध्यक्षः इति

• गणाध्यक्षः: leader of the gaṇas
• गणाध्यक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• गणैः: with the gaṇas
• गणैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (prepositional adverb: 'together with')

• सशक्तिकम्: together with śakti
• सशक्तिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) (अर्थः: 'with śakti')

• स्तूयमानः: being praised
• स्तूयमानः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तूयमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) गणाध्यक्षः इति

• शक्त्या: by śakti
• शक्त्या: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

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

• परया: supreme
• परया: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) शक्त्या इति

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (Lomaśa/Lomaharṣaṇa per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Gaṇeśa, surrounded by gaṇas, stands before the praised Śiva united with Śakti; the atmosphere is ceremonial, with gestures of stuti and readiness to speak.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Gaṇa
• Śakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the Divine through praise (stuti) is presented as a potent path, especially when Śiva is understood as inseparable from Śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra (Kedarnath region) is the broader setting in Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies stuti (hymnic praise) but gives no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna instruction.