Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य गर्गस्य च महात्मनः । अभ्युत्थानपराः सर्वे पर्वताः सकलत्रकाः

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya gargasya ca mahātmanaḥ | abhyutthānaparāḥ sarve parvatāḥ sakalatrakāḥ

Translation

Ayant entendu les paroles de Garga, l’âme magnanime, tous les seigneurs des montagnes—avec l’ensemble de leurs suites—s’appliquèrent à se lever et à partir pour rendre hommage.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object of hearing/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘that’ (referring to speech)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having heard’

• वचनम्: words, statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गर्गस्य: of Garga
• गर्गस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Appositional genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: महान् आत्मा यस्य (great-souled)

• अभ्युत्थानपराः: intent on rising (to stand up)
• अभ्युत्थानपराः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्युत्थान + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with सर्वे/पर्वताः); समासः: अभ्युत्थाने पराः (intent on rising/standing up)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• पर्वताः: mountain(-dwellers)/people of the mountain (contextual)
• पर्वताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सकलत्रकाः: together with their wives
• सकलत्रकाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + कलत्र + क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: सकलत्राः (having wives/with their spouses)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Upon Garga’s words, the mountain-lords with their full retinues rise in unison—an epic, ceremonial mobilization, suggesting peaks personified as regal beings moving to honor the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Garga
• Parvatāḥ (mountain-lords)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes honoring the sacred and the wise; collective readiness to serve is praised.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s Himalayan sacred sphere, where mountains themselves are portrayed as participants.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it highlights abhyutthāna—rising to honor—as a dharmic act.