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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

पदानि त्रीणि मे चाद्य दातव्यानि कुतोऽधुना । शीघ्रं वद विशालाक्षि यत्ते मनसि वर्त्तते । तदोवाच च सा साध्वी ह्युरुक्रममवस्थिता

Transliteration

padāni trīṇi me cādya dātavyāni kuto'dhunā | śīghraṃ vada viśālākṣi yatte manasi varttate | tadovāca ca sā sādhvī hyurukramamavasthitā

Translation

Le Seigneur dit : «Même maintenant, trois pas doivent M’être donnés ; comment cela pourrait-il s’accomplir à présent ? Dis vite, ô toi aux grands yeux, ce qui demeure dans ton esprit.» Alors cette femme vertueuse, se tenant devant Urukrama (Viṣṇu), parla.

Word by Word
पदानिsteps/footsteps
पदानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; neuter nom/acc plural
त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; numeral adjective, neuter nom/acc plural (agreeing with पदानि)
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन; pronoun, genitive singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय; conjunction
अद्यnow/today
अद्य:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय; temporal adverb
दातव्यानिto be given
दातव्यानि:
Vidhyartha (Obligation/विध्यर्थ)
TypeAdjective
Root√दा (धातु) → दातव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (कर्तव्यता/आवश्यकता), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; gerundive, neuter nom/acc plural (agreeing with पदानि)
कुतःhow/whence
कुतः:
Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतः (अव्यय/प्रश्न)
Formप्रश्नार्थक अव्यय; interrogative adverb ‘whence/how’
अधुनाnow
अधुना:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधुना (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय; temporal adverb ‘now’
शीघ्रम्quickly
शीघ्रम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोग)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययप्रयोग; adverb
वदsay/speak
वद:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; imperative, 2nd person singular
विशालाक्षिO wide-eyed one
विशालाक्षि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविशाल (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; feminine vocative singular; ‘O wide-eyed (lady)’
यत्what/that which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun, neuter nom/acc singular
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन; pronoun, genitive singular
मनसिin (your) mind
मनसि:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; neuter locative singular
वर्ततेis/exists, occurs
वर्तते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; present, 3rd person singular, atmanepada
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय; temporal adverb
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; perfect, 3rd person singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय; conjunction
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; pronoun, feminine nominative singular
साध्वीthe virtuous lady
साध्वी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसाध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; feminine nominative singular (apposition to सा)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात; emphatic particle
उरुक्रमम्Urukrama (Vishnu)
उरुक्रमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउरु (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; masculine accusative singular; epithet ‘wide-strider’ (Vishnu)
अवस्थिताःstanding near/being present (with)
अवस्थिताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootअव + √स्था (धातु) → अवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; PPP used adjectivally/predicatively (expected form: अवस्थितā)
Speaker

Bhagavān (Viṣṇu/Vāmana) addressing Vindhyāvalī; narrator frames her reply

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu (Urukrama) asks how the promised three steps can be given now; he urges Vindhyāvalī to speak her mind; she stands poised to answer.

Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu
U
Urukrama
V
Vindhyāvalī

FAQs

Dharma seeks practical completion—truth must find a means, guided by clarity and devotion.

The Kedārakhaṇḍa situates the teaching in the Kedāra sacred landscape, though the verse itself is a dialogue within the māhātmya.

No ritual is prescribed; the focus is on fulfilling a vowed dāna of “three steps.”

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