Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

जानीध्वममराः सर्वे कुमारं जयिनं सुराः । भविष्यत्यत्र मे वाक्यं नात्र कार्याविचारणा

Transliteration

jānīdhvamamarāḥ sarve kumāraṃ jayinaṃ surāḥ | bhaviṣyatyatra me vākyaṃ nātra kāryāvicāraṇā

Translation

„Wisset, o Unsterbliche, o Götter: Kumāra ist der Sieger. Mein Wort wird sich hier gewiss erfüllen—kein Zögern und kein übermäßiges Abwägen ist nötig.“

Word by Word

• जानीध्वम्: know (you all)
• जानीध्वम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• अमराः: immortals, gods
• अमराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of अमराः)

• कुमारम्: Kumāra
• कुमारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• जयिनम्: victorious, conqueror
• जयिनम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जयिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of कुमारम्)

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अमराः इत्यस्य पुनरुक्ति/सम्बोधन-समूह

• भविष्यति: will be, will come to pass
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th) एकवचन (enclitic form)

• वाक्यम्: (my) word, statement
• वाक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• कार्याविचारणा: no deliberation about what is to be done
• कार्याविचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य + अविचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कार्यस्य अविचारणा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas (Amarāḥ/Sūrāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada addresses the assembled devas with authoritative certainty: Kumāra is the conqueror; his word will manifest—no need for over-deliberation.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Kumāra (Skanda)
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Confidence rooted in divine order strengthens dharmic action; wavering is overcome by trust in the appointed protector.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakṣetra is the overarching sacred setting of Kedāra-khaṇḍa, though the verse itself is exhortation rather than site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.