Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां वाचका मन्त्राः कथ्यंतेऽतः परं क्रमात्

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ vācakā mantrāḥ kathyaṃte'taḥ paraṃ kramāt

Translation

À présent, selon l’ordre prescrit, sont énoncés les mantras qui invoquent et désignent l’ensemble (des divinités et des éléments requis du rite).

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकयोः षष्ठी बहुवचनम्; genitive plural: of all

• वाचकाः: denoting/expressive
• वाचकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; nominative plural

• मन्त्राः: mantras
• मन्त्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; nominative plural

• कथ्यन्ते: are stated
• कथ्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु) (कर्मणि प्रयोग)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः बहुवचनम्, कर्मणि; are told/are stated

• अतः: thereafter
• अतः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/हेतुवाचक-अव्ययम्; hence/thereafter

• परम्: next/further
• परम्: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; further/next

• क्रमात्: in sequence
• क्रमात्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम्; ablative singular used adverbially: in order/stepwise

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-priest gestures to a palm-leaf manuscript, announcing the ordered list of mantras; disciples sit attentively near the sanctum, ready to recite.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma in worship is strengthened by doing practices in the proper order and with correct mantras.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces a general Shaiva ritual sequence within the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It signals that the upcoming section will list the mantras in correct sequence for the rite.