Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

मा चिंता क्रियतां सर्वैः प्रसादाच्च शतक्रतोः । छेदिताश्चैव सर्वे वै ह्यनेकांशत्वमागताः

Transliteration

mā ciṃtā kriyatāṃ sarvaiḥ prasādācca śatakratoḥ | cheditāścaiva sarve vai hyanekāṃśatvamāgatāḥ

Translation

«Que nul ne s’inquiète; par la grâce de Śatakratu (Indra) vous serez en sûreté. Même coupés, vous tous deviendrez de multiples parts, vous ramifiant en abondance».

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• चिन्ता: worry, anxiety
• चिन्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be done
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Injunction/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोगः ‘let it be done’

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘by all (of you)’

• प्रसादात्: from/through grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• शतक्रतोः: of Śatakratu (Indra)
• शतक्रतोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• छेदिताः: having been cut
• छेदिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having been cut’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वै: certainly
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; निश्चयार्थ

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

• अनेकांशत्वम्: the state of having many parts
• अनेकांशत्वम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनेक + अंश + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय तत्पुरुषः (अनेकाः अंशाः यस्य भावः) + त्व-प्रत्यय (भाववाचक)

• आगताः: have attained
• आगताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘have attained/come to’

Speaker

The Purodhas (or divine counselor) addressing the Trees (with Indra invoked)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reassuring proclamation: by Indra’s favor, the trees need not fear; though cut, they will become many-parted/many-branched—an image of miraculous regeneration.

Characters & Entities

• Śatakratu (Indra)
• Vṛkṣāḥ (Trees)
• Purodhas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can transform loss into renewed life; what is ‘cut down’ can return with greater multiplicity when aligned with cosmic purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s Kedāra sacred landscape provides the frame, though the verse teaches a broader etiological and dharmic point.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is reassurance and a mythic explanation tied to Indra’s favor.