Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 191

Devanagari script

तेषां परेषां वरद इहामुत्र च शंकरः । महेंद्रेण स्तुतः शर्वो रागिणा परमेण हि

Transliteration

teṣāṃ pareṣāṃ varada ihāmutra ca śaṃkaraḥ | maheṃdreṇa stutaḥ śarvo rāgiṇā parameṇa hi

Translation

Für solche höchsten Verehrer ist Śaṅkara der Spender der Gnaden—hier und im Jenseits. Wahrlich, Śarva wurde vom großen Indra (Mahendra) gepriesen, der, obgleich erhaben, von starkem Anhaften erfüllt war.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• परेषाम्: of the supreme/other (people)
• परेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वरदः: boon-giver
• वरदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/काल-निर्देश adverb: here)

• अमुत्र: there; in the other world
• अमुत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमुत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/काल-निर्देश adverb: there; in the other world)

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

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महेन्द्रेण: by Mahendra (Indra)
• महेन्द्रेण: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् इन्द्रः)

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शर्वः: Śarva (Śiva)
• शर्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रागिणा: by the passion-attached one
• रागिणा: Karana (Agent/Instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परमेण: supreme; highest
• परमेण: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis/for)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; narrative transitions toward Indra’s praise of Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Śaṅkara/Śarva bestowing blessings—right hand in varada-mudrā—upon humble devotees; Indra stands nearby, praised yet subtly shown as still rāgī, creating a moral contrast.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Śarva (Śiva)
• Mahendra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Śiva grants welfare in both worldly life and the afterlife; even Indra seeks Śiva’s help.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region is the textual frame (Kedārakhaṇḍa), though the verse focuses on Śiva’s boon-giving nature.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (praise/hymn) is implied as a devotional act, but no formal vrata or ritual is detailed.