Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

विरोचनस्य तद्दानं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । गायंत्यद्यापि कवयो दैत्येंद्रस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

virocanasya taddānaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | gāyaṃtyadyāpi kavayo daityeṃdrasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Ce don de Virocana est renommé dans les trois mondes ; aujourd’hui encore, les poètes chantent la gloire du seigneur des Daitya, à l’âme magnanime.

Word by Word

• विरोचनस्य: of Virocana
• विरोचनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of Virocana’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण (demonstrative)

• दानम्: gift; donation
• दानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — कर्तृपद (topic/subject)

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन — विशेषण

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• विश्रुतम्: renowned; famous
• विश्रुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘renowned’ (agreeing with दानम्)

• गायन्ति: they sing; they praise
• गायन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• अद्यापि: even today; still
• अद्यापि: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb) — ‘even today/still now’

• कवयः: poets
• कवयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• दैत्येन्द्रस्य: of the lord of the Daityas
• दैत्येन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दैत्यानाम् इन्द्रः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — विशेषण (agreeing with दैत्येन्द्रस्य)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Courtly bards and poets recite the renown of Virocana’s famed gift, with the three worlds symbolically listening—devas, humans, and asuras—under a Śaiva narrative canopy of Kedāra.

Characters & Entities

• Virocana
• Daityendra (lord of daityas)
• Triloka
• Poets (kavi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Selfless charity grants enduring renown and spiritual greatness that outlasts time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s māhātmya is served by linking its teaching tradition to a famous dāna-episode celebrated across worlds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied encouragement of dāna: perform charity so pure that it becomes exemplary and remembered.