Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 128

Devanagari script

एवं नैयमिको भूत्वा किरातो गृहमागतः । नन्दी ददर्श तत्सर्वं किरातेन इतस्ततः

Transliteration

evaṃ naiyamiko bhūtvā kirāto gṛhamāgataḥ | nandī dadarśa tatsarvaṃ kirātena itastataḥ

Translation

So kehrte der Jäger, nachdem er zu einem disziplinierten Beobachter religiöser Übung geworden war, nach Hause zurück. Nandī sah alles, was der Jäger hier und dort getan hatte.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थ-अव्ययम् (adverb: thus)

• नैयमिकः: a man of religious observance
• नैयमिकः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम + इक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (कर्ता/Subject), एकवचनम्

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (absolutive/gerund): 'having become'

• किरातः: the Kirāta (hunter)
• किरातः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (कर्ता/Subject), एकवचनम्

• गृहम्: to (his) house
• गृहम्: Karman (Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म/Object—गत्यर्थे), एकवचनम्

• आगतः: having come/returned
• आगतः: Kriyā (State/Result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-कृदन्तः (past participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• नन्दी: Nandī
• नन्दी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (कर्ता/Subject), एकवचनम्

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषणम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म/Object), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• किरातेन: by the Kirāta
• किरातेन: Karaṇa (Agent/Doer in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण/Instrument/Agent), एकवचनम्

• इतस्ततः: here and there
• इतस्ततः: Sambandha (Place/Direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् + ततस् (अव्यये)
• Form: अव्यय-द्वन्द्वः; दिशावाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: here and there)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The hunter, now disciplined, walks back to his hut; meanwhile Nandī, vigilant and luminous, surveys the shrine area, noticing the offerings and traces of worship scattered about.

Characters & Entities

• Kirāta
• Nandī
• Śiva-liṅga (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular discipline (niyama) turns devotion into a steady spiritual path, visible in conduct and practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, where even a hunter’s disciplined worship becomes spiritually significant.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Niyama—regular observance and consistency in worship—presented as a key devotional discipline.