Shloka 41 - Adhyaya 10 - Kedara Khanda - Mahesvara Khanda | French | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

मुमोह च पुनः संज्ञां प्रतिलभ्य प्रयत्नतः । ननाम शिरसा ताभ्यामीशाभ्यां स गणेश्वरः

Transliteration

mumoha ca punaḥ saṃjñāṃ pratilabhya prayatnataḥ | nanāma śirasā tābhyāmīśābhyāṃ sa gaṇeśvaraḥ

Translation

Il défaillit de nouveau ; puis, recouvrant la conscience avec effort, ce Seigneur des Gaṇas inclina la tête devant les deux Souverains divins.

Word by Word

मुमोहhe became deluded/fainted

चand

पुनःagain

संज्ञाम्consciousness/sense

प्रतिलभ्यhaving regained

प्रयत्नतःwith effort

ननामhe bowed

शिरसाwith (his) head

ताभ्याम्to/with those two

ईशाभ्याम्by the two Lords

सhe

गणेश्वरःGaṇeśvara (lord of the gaṇas)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṇeśa collapses in awe, then rises and bows with head to the ground before two divine sovereigns (Īśas), in a charged stillness.

Characters & Entities

Gaṇeśvara (Gaṇeśa)

Two Īśas (likely Śiva and Śakti / the divine pair)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mystical experience should mature into humility and reverence toward the Supreme—expressed as bowing to the Divine Lords.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra setting frames the encounter, reinforcing Kedāra’s Shaiva atmosphere of awe, surrender, and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies namaskāra (prostration/bowing) as a devotional response, though no formal rite is detailed.