Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 176

Devanagari script

किरात उवाच । विज्ञप्तोऽसौ किरातेन शंकरो लोकशंकरः । तव भक्तः सदा देव तव पूजारतो ह्यसौ

Transliteration

kirāta uvāca | vijñapto'sau kirātena śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ | tava bhaktaḥ sadā deva tava pūjārato hyasau

Translation

Der Kirāta sprach: „O Śaṅkara, Wohltäter der Welten—dieser Mann wurde mir von einem Kirāta vorgestellt. O Herr, er ist stets dein Bhakta und immerdar deiner Verehrung hingegeben.“

Word by Word

• किरातः: the Kirāta (hunter)
• किरातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• विज्ञप्तः: was informed/requested
• विज्ञप्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• असौ: he (that one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असौ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• किरातेन: by the Kirāta
• किरातेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लोकशंकरः: benefactor of the world
• लोकशंकरः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/विशेष्य-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of the world'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• भक्तः: devotee
• भक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजारतः: devoted to worship
• पूजारतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थ (sense: 'engaged in worship'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• असौ: he (that one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असौ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Kirāta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (Mahādeva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kirāta (mountain hunter) stands before Śaṅkara in a Himalayan shrine setting, presenting a devotee as ‘always engaged in worship’; the mood is reverent and testimonial.

Characters & Entities

• Kirāta
• Śaṅkara
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True identity before Śiva is measured by steady devotion and worship, not by outward status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, where devotion is presented directly to Śiva in the heart of his sacred domain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) is referenced generally as the devotee’s constant practice.