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

Tu dois agir comme il convient, selon le rite, ô le meilleur des seigneurs des montagnes. Car ici se trouve une très grande œuvre des dieux à accomplir, ô montagne neigeuse.

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.