Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच तदा देवान्सर्वेषां कार्यसिद्धये । तस्यास्थीन्येव याचध्वं प्रदास्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

brahmovāca tadā devānsarveṣāṃ kāryasiddhaye | tasyāsthīnyeva yācadhvaṃ pradāsyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Alors Brahmā dit aux dieux : «Pour l’accomplissement de l’œuvre de tous, demandez seulement ses os ; il les donnera, sans aucun doute.»

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: वच्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• देवान्: to the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-विशेषणम् (of all)

• कार्यसिद्धये: for the accomplishment of the task
• कार्यसिद्धये: Sampradāna/Purpose (Dative of purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य-सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः: कार्यस्य सिद्धिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; (refers to Dadhīci)

• अस्थीनि: bones
• अस्थीनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• याचध्वम्: ask/beg (you all)
• याचध्वम्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; धातु: याच्

• प्रदास्यति: he will give
• प्रदास्यति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: प्र-दा

• न: no/not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नास्ति इति वाक्यशेषः (elliptic: 'there is')

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (implied locus of Dadhīci’s tapas)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā instructs the devas: ask Dadhīci for his bones; the devas react with awe and solemn acceptance.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Deva
• Dadhīci (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest dharma is self-offering for the welfare of the world—true dāna may culminate in total sacrifice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative points to Dadhīci’s āśrama as a sanctified setting, within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A request for dāna (gift) is implied—seeking Dadhīci’s bones as a sacred offering for accomplishing the devas’ task.