Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

अनेकस्तुतिभिः स्तुत्वा गिरीशं ब्राह्मणैः सह । तदा यामद्वयं जातं स्तूयमानस्य नंदिनः

Transliteration

anekastutibhiḥ stutvā girīśaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ saha | tadā yāmadvayaṃ jātaṃ stūyamānasya naṃdinaḥ

Translation

Nachdem er Girīśa (Herrn des Berges, Śiva) zusammen mit den Brāhmaṇas mit vielen Hymnen gepriesen hatte, vergingen zwei Zeitwachen, während Nandin unablässig weiterlobte.

Word by Word

• अनेक: many
• अनेक: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक (compound member with ‘स्तुतिभिः’ sense: “with many”)

• स्तुतिभिः: with hymns/praises
• स्तुतिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), “having praised”

• गिरीशम्: Lord of the mountains (Śiva)
• गिरीशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गिरिणाम् ईशः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; epithet of Śiva

• ब्राह्मणैः: with Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Sahakari (Companion/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (postposition-like indeclinable)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• यामद्वयम्: two watches (of time)
• यामद्वयम्: Karta (Subject of ‘जातम्’/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याम (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः ‘द्वौ यामौ’ (two watches/periods)

• जातम्: had passed/occurred
• जातम्: Kriya (Event/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) used predicatively, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; “had occurred/elapsed”

• स्तूयमानस्य: of (him) being praised
• स्तूयमानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘नन्दिनः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नन्दिनः: of Nandin
• नन्दिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Sūta’s narration to the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (Girīśa/Kedāreśvara)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandin, with brāhmaṇas, praises Girīśa with many hymns; the scene conveys prolonged chanting as two yāmas pass—lamps, incense, and rhythmic recitation filling the temple.

Characters & Entities

• Nandin
• Girīśa (Śiva)
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained stotra-bhakti, especially in a sacred shrine, deepens devotion and draws divine response.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s Śaiva sacred space, where collective hymnody is portrayed as potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (hymnic praise) of Śiva performed with brāhmaṇas over extended ritual time.