Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
Devanagari script
पूजनीयो महादेवः प्राणिभिस्तत्त्ववेदिभिः । तस्मादिंद्रत्वमगमत्कितवो घटिकात्रयम्
Transliteration
pūjanīyo mahādevaḥ prāṇibhistattvavedibhiḥ | tasmādiṃdratvamagamatkitavo ghaṭikātrayam
Translation
Mahādeva doit être honoré par les êtres vivants qui connaissent la vérité. Ainsi Kitava atteignit la condition d’Indra — mais seulement pour trois ghaṭikās (un court instant).
Word by Word
पूजनीयःworthy of worship
पूजनीयः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूजनीय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् (धातु) + अनीय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अनीय-प्रत्ययान्त (to be worshipped)
महादेवःMahādeva
महादेवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा-देव (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: महा + देव)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विषयः (Mahādeva)
प्राणिभिःby living beings
प्राणिभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करण/कर्तृ-समूहः (by living beings)
तत्त्ववेदिभिःby truth-knowing (beings)
तत्त्ववेदिभिः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतत्त्व-वेदी (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: तत्त्व + वेदिन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; ‘प्राणिभिः’ इति विशेषणम्—‘तत्त्वं वेदन्ति ये’ (by those who know the truth)
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतस्मात्-शब्दः हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभाववत् (ablatival adverb: therefore/from that)
इन्द्रत्वम्the status of Indra
इन्द्रत्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रत्व (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र + त्व)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (Indra-hood)
अगमत्attained
अगमत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘अगमत्’ (went/attained)
कितवःKitava (the gambler/cheat)
कितवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकितव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता (the gambler/cheat—proper epithet)
घटिकात्रयम्(for) three ghaṭikās
घटिकात्रयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootघटिका-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: घटिका + त्रय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; काल-परिमाणम् (a duration of three ghaṭikās)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Characters & Entities
M
MahādevaK
KitavaI
IndraFAQs
Worldly rank (even Indrahood) is temporary, while true dharma is worship of Mahādeva rooted in tattva-jñāna.
Kedāra’s Śaiva milieu, where Mahādeva’s worship is presented as the highest path.
The prescription is pūjā of Mahādeva by tattva-vedins (those aligned with truth).