Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

क्रांतं त्रिभुवनं चाद्य त्वया विक्रमरूपिणा । तदस्माकं विजघ्नीथाः स्वर्गे वाप्यथवा भुवि

Transliteration

krāṃtaṃ tribhuvanaṃ cādya tvayā vikramarūpiṇā | tadasmākaṃ vijaghnīthāḥ svarge vāpyathavā bhuvi

Translation

„Heute hast Du, als Verkörperung des kosmischen Schrittes, die drei Welten durchmessen. Darum schlage uns nieder (setze den verbleibenden Schritt), sei es im Himmel oder auf Erden.“

Word by Word

• क्रान्तम्: stepped over, traversed
• क्रान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √क्रम् (धातु) → क्रान्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle (kta), neuter, nominative/accusative singular

• त्रिभुवनम्: the three worlds
• त्रिभुवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter, nominative/accusative singular

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

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय; temporal adverb

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन; pronoun, instrumental singular

• विक्रमरूपिणा: by (one) of mighty-striding form
• विक्रमरूपिणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; masculine, instrumental singular; ‘having the form of prowess/stride’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; pronoun, neuter nom/acc singular

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन; pronoun, genitive plural

• विजघ्नीथाः: you have struck down/defeated
• विजघ्नीथाः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect, 2nd person singular, parasmaipada (intensive/vi- prefix)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; masculine, locative singular

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक अव्यय; disjunctive particle

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक अव्यय; particle ‘also/even’

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक अव्यय; disjunctive ‘or else’

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; feminine, locative singular

Speaker

Vindhyāvalī (contextual; continuing reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣi/śaunaka-type setting typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Trivikrama’s vast form spanning the three worlds; supplicants plead for the ‘remaining step’ to fall upon them—an image of surrender and cosmic scale.

Characters & Entities

• Vindhyāvalī
• Viṣṇu (Vāmana/Trivikrama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Surrender (śaraṇāgati) and truthfulness: when the Lord’s will is clear, one offers oneself to complete dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra region is the overarching māhātmya frame; this verse itself is a theological episode within that frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it continues the theme of completing a pledged gift (dāna) through surrender.