Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वं शिवमयं ज्ञातव्यं सुविशेषतः । वेदैः पुराणैः शास्त्रैश्च तथौपनिपदैरपि

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaṃ śivamayaṃ jñātavyaṃ suviśeṣataḥ | vedaiḥ purāṇaiḥ śāstraiśca tathaupanipadairapi

Translation

Darum soll man ganz besonders erkennen: Alles ist von Śiva erfüllt; so lehren es die Veden, die Purāṇas, die Śāstras und ebenso die Upaniṣaden.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular (‘therefore/from that’)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• शिव-मयम्: consisting of Śiva / pervaded by Śiva
• शिव-मयम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समासः: शिवेन मयम् इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (‘filled with Śiva’)

• ज्ञातव्यम्: should be known
• ज्ञातव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘to be known/should be known’

• सुविशेषतः: especially
• सुविशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: ‘especially/very particularly’)

• वेदैः: by the Vedas
• वेदैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• पुराणैः: by the Purāṇas
• पुराणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• शास्त्रैः: by the treatises
• शास्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘also/likewise’)

• उपनिपदैः: by the Upaniṣads
• उपनिपदैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (उपनिषद्-शब्दस्य बहुवचन-रूपम्)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कार-अव्यय (particle: ‘also’)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa narrating to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Inquiring sages/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage points to palm-leaf manuscripts labeled Veda, Purāṇa, Śāstra, Upaniṣad; behind them the cosmos appears as a single Śiva-mandala, with Kedāra peaks at the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Vedas
• Purāṇas
• Śāstras
• Upaniṣads
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture-backed insight: all existence is pervaded by Śiva; cultivate a Śiva-centered understanding of the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the contextual sacred setting within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A cognitive/meditative prescription: know and contemplate the world as śivamaya (filled with Śiva).