Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

एवं प्राप्ता यत्र शंभुः सकलैः परिवारितः । आगत्य कलशैः साकं स्नापितो हि सदाशिवः । स्त्रीभिर्मंगलगीतेन सर्वाभरणभूषितः

Transliteration

evaṃ prāptā yatra śaṃbhuḥ sakalaiḥ parivāritaḥ | āgatya kalaśaiḥ sākaṃ snāpito hi sadāśivaḥ | strībhirmaṃgalagītena sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

Translation

So gelangten sie an den Ort, wo Śambhu stand, umgeben von all seinen Gefährten. Dann wurde Sadāśiva mit heiligem Wasser gebadet, das in Kalaśas (Ritualgefäßen) herbeigetragen war, während Frauen glückverheißende Lieder sangen; er erstrahlte, geschmückt mit jeglichem Schmuck.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय

• प्राप्ताः: having arrived
• प्राप्ताः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having arrived’

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative locative adverb)

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सकलैः: by all (attendants)
• सकलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (परिवारितः—परिवारकजनैः)

• परिवारितः: surrounded
• परिवारितः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ+गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having come’

• कलशैः: with pots (of water)
• कलशैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• साकम्: together with
• साकम्: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (with/together)

• स्नापितः: was bathed
• स्नापितः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोजक-धातु ‘स्नापयति’ से क्त-प्रत्यय (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘was bathed’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेतु/निश्चयार्थ

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा+शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सदा शिवः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्त्रीभिः: by women
• स्त्रीभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मङ्गलगितेन: with auspicious songs
• मङ्गलगितेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल+गीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मङ्गलं गीतम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वाभरणभूषितः: adorned with all ornaments
• सर्वाभरणभूषितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व+आभरण+भूषित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (सर्वाणि आभरणानि येन भूषितः), क्त-कृदन्त ‘भूषित’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (सदाशिवः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Sadāśiva) stands or is enthroned, surrounded by gaṇas; devotees pour water from shining kalaśas in streams; women sing maṅgala songs; Śiva gleams with layered ornaments, garlands, and a serene, all-pervading aura.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu
• Sadāśiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual service—especially abhiṣeka performed with devotion—manifests reverence and draws divine grace in a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, praised through the description of Śiva’s ceremonial bathing and festival worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kalaśa-snāna/abhiṣeka of Śiva (bathing with waters brought in pots), accompanied by maṅgala-gīta (auspicious songs).