Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

त्वया विधेयं विधिवत्तथा शैलेन्द्रसत्तम । अस्त्यत्र सुमहतकार्यं देवानां हिमभूधर

Transliteration

tvayā vidheyaṃ vidhivattathā śailendrasattama | astyatra sumahatakāryaṃ devānāṃ himabhūdhara

Translation

Debes hacerlo debidamente, conforme al rito, oh el mejor de los señores de las montañas. Pues aquí hay una obra grandísima de los dioses que debe cumplirse, oh montaña nevada.

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विधेयम्: to be done
• विधेयम्: Karma (Obligation object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√dhā (धातु) → vidheya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्-प्रत्यय, gerundive/भाव्य); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘to be done’

• विधिवत्: properly
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi + vat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (according to rule)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• शैलेन्द्रसत्तम: O best of mountain-kings
• शैलेन्द्रसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śailendra + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थ: ‘best among mountain-lords’)

• अस्ति: there is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• सुमहत्कार्यम्: a very great task
• सुमहत्कार्यम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su + mahat + kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (विशेषण-विशेष्य: ‘very great task’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• हिमभूधर: O snow-mountain
• हिमभूधर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hima + bhūdhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; तत्पुरुष (‘snow-mountain’)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (as adhikāra-bhūmi for deva-kārya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Himālaya (Śailendra-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn instruction to Himālaya: act properly according to rite, for the gods have a great task at hand—suggesting preparations for a major divine event.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Himālaya
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is fulfilled through vidhivat conduct—proper action aligned with a larger divine purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse addresses Himālaya and a divine objective.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription: act vidhivat—according to ordained ritual and propriety.