Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तेषुपविष्टास्ते सर्वे सुस्नाताः समलंकृताः । स्थापयित्वा सुसंरब्धाः पूर्णं कलशमग्रतः

Transliteration

teṣupaviṣṭāste sarve susnātāḥ samalaṃkṛtāḥ | sthāpayitvā susaṃrabdhāḥ pūrṇaṃ kalaśamagrataḥ

Translation

Assis en ce lieu, tous—bien baignés et parés—placèrent avec ardeur devant eux un kalaśa, un vase d’eau rempli à ras bord.

Word by Word

• तेषु: among/at those (places/ones)
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (locative plural)

• उपविष्टाः: seated
• उपविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘seated’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सुस्नाताः: well-bathed
• सुस्नाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + स्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपसर्ग ‘सु’ (well)

• समलंकृताः: fully adorned
• समलंकृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्- + अलं-कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘adorned/ornamented’

• स्थापयित्वा: having placed
• स्थापयित्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Absolutive/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘having caused to be placed’

• सुसंरब्धाः: highly intent
• सुसंरब्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + सम्-रभ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘very eager/intent’

• पूर्णम्: full
• पूर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कलशम्: pitcher/pot
• कलशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अग्रतः: in front
• अग्रतः: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (Mahēśvara-khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group sits in orderly assembly after bathing, wearing clean ornaments/garlands; a brimming kalaśa is placed prominently in front as an auspicious ritual centerpiece in a Himalayan setting.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya
• Kalaśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

External ritual readiness (bathing, adornment, arranging vessels) is shown, but inner clarity is still essential for true dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region is the textual setting, but no single tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and the placement of a pūrṇa-kalaśa (filled ritual pot) are described as part of preparations.