Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

क्रांतं त्रिभुवनं चाद्य त्वया विक्रमरूपिणा । तदस्माकं विजघ्नीथाः स्वर्गे वाप्यथवा भुवि

Transliteration

krāṃtaṃ tribhuvanaṃ cādya tvayā vikramarūpiṇā | tadasmākaṃ vijaghnīthāḥ svarge vāpyathavā bhuvi

Translation

«Aujourd’hui, Toi, incarnation de la marche cosmique, Tu as parcouru les trois mondes. Aussi, abats-nous (pose le pas qui reste), soit au ciel, soit sur la terre.»

Word by Word

• क्रान्तम्: stepped over, traversed
• क्रान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √क्रम् (धातु) → क्रान्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle (kta), neuter, nominative/accusative singular

• त्रिभुवनम्: the three worlds
• त्रिभुवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter, nominative/accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय; conjunction

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय; temporal adverb

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन; pronoun, instrumental singular

• विक्रमरूपिणा: by (one) of mighty-striding form
• विक्रमरूपिणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; masculine, instrumental singular; ‘having the form of prowess/stride’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; pronoun, neuter nom/acc singular

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन; pronoun, genitive plural

• विजघ्नीथाः: you have struck down/defeated
• विजघ्नीथाः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect, 2nd person singular, parasmaipada (intensive/vi- prefix)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; masculine, locative singular

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक अव्यय; disjunctive particle

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक अव्यय; particle ‘also/even’

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक अव्यय; disjunctive ‘or else’

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; feminine, locative singular

Speaker

Vindhyāvalī (contextual; continuing reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣi/śaunaka-type setting typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Trivikrama’s vast form spanning the three worlds; supplicants plead for the ‘remaining step’ to fall upon them—an image of surrender and cosmic scale.

Characters & Entities

• Vindhyāvalī
• Viṣṇu (Vāmana/Trivikrama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Surrender (śaraṇāgati) and truthfulness: when the Lord’s will is clear, one offers oneself to complete dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra region is the overarching māhātmya frame; this verse itself is a theological episode within that frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it continues the theme of completing a pledged gift (dāna) through surrender.