Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तदा तेन शौनकेन महात्मना । कथयामास तत्सर्वं पुष्कसेन कृतं यत्

Transliteration

evamuktastadā tena śaunakena mahātmanā | kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ puṣkasena kṛtaṃ yat

Translation

So angesprochen von dem großherzigen Śaunaka, erzählte er daraufhin vollständig alles, was Puṣkasena getan hatte.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: “thus”)

• उक्तः: having been addressed; spoken to
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; “(लॊमशः) उक्तः”

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: “then”)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• शौनकेन: by Śaunaka
• शौनकेन: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; अप्पोज़िशन to “तेन”

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying “शौनकेन”)

• कथयामास: narrated; related
• कथयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying “सर्वम्”)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• पुष्कसेन: by Puṣkasena
• पुष्कसेन: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• कृतम्: done; performed
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; “यत्” इत्यस्य विशेषण

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun referring to “तत्सर्वम्”)

Speaker

Narratorial voice in the Sūta tradition (Lomaharṣaṇa/Lomaśa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaunaka, dignified and radiant, addresses the narrator; the narrator begins recounting the deeds of Puṣkasena, signaling the start of the main legend.

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• Puṣkasena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narratives transmit dharma: hearing the full account of actions and their consequences is itself a purifying purāṇic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region (Kedārakhaṇḍa) as a Śaiva sacred landscape, with the story preparing for a Śiva-liṅga related episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it introduces a detailed narration that will frame later worship/merit.