Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

किं जल्पसि हि भो देव तावयुक्तं च सांप्रतम् । त्वं दाता त्रिषु लोकेषु त्वं स्वामी जगतां विभो

Transliteration

kiṃ jalpasi hi bho deva tāvayuktaṃ ca sāṃpratam | tvaṃ dātā triṣu lokeṣu tvaṃ svāmī jagatāṃ vibho

Translation

„Warum sprichst du so, o Gott? Solche Worte sind jetzt nicht geziemend. Du bist der Spender in den drei Welten; du bist der Herr aller Wesen, o Allgegenwärtiger.“

Word by Word

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• jalpasi: do you prattle/speak
• jalpasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jalp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• bho: O!
• bho: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bho (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ayuktam: improper/unfit
• ayuktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-yukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; नञ्-समास (negated)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• sāṃpratam: at present/now
• sāṃpratam: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dātā: giver
• dātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agent noun)

• triṣu: in three
• triṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण (lokeṣu)

• lokeṣu: in the worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• svāmī: lord/master
• svāmī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• jagatām: of the worlds/creatures
• jagatām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• vibho: O all-pervading one
• vibho: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Himālaya (Girirāṭ) addressing Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himālaya addresses Śiva with reverent firmness, questioning his self-effacing speech and proclaiming him the giver and lord of the three worlds; sages listen in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme needs nothing—devotion recognizes Śiva as the universal giver and sovereign, beyond dependency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the Himalayan sacred domain of Kedārakhaṇḍa is exalted through Himālaya’s devotional praise of Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse functions as stuti (praise), a devotional act central to Purāṇic worship.