Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अस्यास्तस्य च भोः शैल न जानासि च किंचन । महिमानं परं चैव तस्मादेनां प्रयच्छ वै

Transliteration

asyāstasya ca bhoḥ śaila na jānāsi ca kiṃcana | mahimānaṃ paraṃ caiva tasmādenāṃ prayaccha vai

Translation

Ô montagne, tu ne connais pas vraiment sa grandeur suprême; c’est pourquoi, donne-la assurément à Śiva.

Word by Word

• asyāḥ: of this (woman)
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम — Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• tasya: of that (one)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम — Masc/Neut, Genitive, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• bhoḥ: O!
• bhoḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhoḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• śaila: O mountain
• śaila: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• jānāsi: you know
• jānāsi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 2nd person singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• kiṃcana: anything at all
• kiṃcana: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcana (सर्वनाम/अनिश्चित-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितसर्वनाम — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular

• mahimānam: greatness, glory
• mahimānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahimān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• param: supreme
• param: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण — Masculine, Accusative, Singular (qualifying mahimānam)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• tasmāt: therefore, from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम — Ablative, Singular

• enām: her
• enām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: enad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• prayaccha: give, hand over
• prayaccha: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative, 2nd person singular

• vai: indeed, surely
• vai: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (assertive particle)

Speaker

The Maharṣis addressing Himālaya (śaila), within Sūta’s narration (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra region (Himālaya as sacred frame)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) audience/interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages admonish the personified Mountain (Himālaya): he does not fully know her greatness; they urge him to offer Girijā to Śiva; a council-like scene in a Himalayan grove.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya (as Śaila)
• Girijā (implied)
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human assessment is limited; dharmic action follows when sages reveal the deeper divine greatness at work.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa backdrop supports Kedāra’s Śaiva sanctity, though the verse itself focuses on counsel in the Śiva-Girijā narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A directive of “pradāna/prayaccha” (to give/offer) is given—here in the marriage-offering sense to Śiva.