Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

किंचिन्न दत्ता हि विभो देवदेव जगत्पते । प्रहस्य भगवानाह तदा विंध्यावलिं प्रभुः

Transliteration

kiṃcinna dattā hi vibho devadeva jagatpate | prahasya bhagavānāha tadā viṃdhyāvaliṃ prabhuḥ

Translation

«Nada se ha entregado, oh Señor omnipenetrante, Dios de dioses, Dueño del mundo.» Entonces el Bienaventurado Señor, sonriendo, habló a Vindhyāvalī.

Word by Word

• किञ्चित्: anything/something
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; indefinite pronoun, neuter nom/acc singular

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधबोधक अव्यय; negation particle

• दत्ता: given
• दत्ता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past passive participle used predicatively; feminine nominative singular (agreeing with implied ‘भिक्षा/दानम्’ etc.)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; emphatic particle

• विभो: O Lord
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; masculine vocative singular

• देवदेव: O god of gods
• देवदेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; masculine vocative singular; ‘god of gods’

• जगत्पते: O lord of the world
• जगत्पते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; masculine vocative singular; ‘lord of the world’

• प्रहस्य: having laughed/smiling
• प्रहस्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √हस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) absolutive; having laughed/smiling

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; masculine nominative singular

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह्/√ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect, 3rd person singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय; temporal adverb

• विन्ध्यावलिम्: Vindhyāvalī (name)
• विन्ध्यावलिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विन्ध्यावली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; feminine accusative singular

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; masculine nominative singular (apposition to भगवान्)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) reporting dialogue; direct address is Vindhyāvalī’s statement

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee declares ‘nothing has been given’; the Lord smiles and addresses Vindhyāvalī—intimate court-like dialogue under a sacred aura.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vindhyāvalī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine gifts are measured by completion: intention must culminate in action to become dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra is the larger māhātmya context; the verse itself highlights dharma through narrative dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it underscores the principle that promised charity must be actually delivered.