Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

शिवस्य महिमा सर्वः श्रुतस्तव मुखोद्गतः । अथ युद्धस्य वृत्तान्तः कथ्यतां परमार्थतः

Transliteration

śivasya mahimā sarvaḥ śrutastava mukhodgataḥ | atha yuddhasya vṛttāntaḥ kathyatāṃ paramārthataḥ

Translation

„Wir haben die ganze Größe Śivas vernommen, wie sie aus deinem Mund hervorging. Nun erzähle den wahren Bericht der Schlacht, ihrem eigentlichen Sinn gemäß.“

Word by Word

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महिमा: greatness
• महिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वः: entire, all
• सर्वः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘महिमा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• श्रुतः: has been heard
• श्रुतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अर्थे—‘श्रुतः अस्ति’)

• तव: by you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• मुखोद्गतः: uttered from (your) mouth
• मुखोद्गतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—मुख + उद्गत (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मुखात् उद्गतः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘महिमा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अथ: now/then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle)

• युद्धस्य: of the battle
• युद्धस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वृत्तान्तः: account, narrative
• वृत्तान्तः: Karma (Topic/Object of telling/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कथ्यताम्: let it be told
• कथ्यताम्: Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग: ‘let it be narrated’

• परमार्थतः: truly, in essence
• परमार्थतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परमार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) = ‘in truth/according to reality’

Speaker

Ṛṣis

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Lomaśa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages respectfully request the ‘true purport’ of the battle after hearing Śiva’s greatness; the narrator sits poised to continue, with Himalayan sanctity implied.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After receiving divine praise (mahimā), seekers ask for truthful narrative detail to understand dharma’s working in events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage is tied to Somanātha māhātmya within Kedārakhaṇḍa, though this verse is a request for narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse requests an authoritative narration (paramārthataḥ) of the battle’s events.