Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

मेनया सखिभिः साकं तथैव च पुरोधसा । मधुपर्कादिकं सर्वं यत्कृतं चैव तत्र वै

Transliteration

menayā sakhibhiḥ sākaṃ tathaiva ca purodhasā | madhuparkādikaṃ sarvaṃ yatkṛtaṃ caiva tatra vai

Translation

Là, Menā, avec ses compagnes et aussi avec le prêtre de la famille, disposa toutes les offrandes, à commencer par le madhuparka et le reste.

Word by Word

• menayā: by/with Menā
• menayā: Sahakāraka (Instrument/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: menā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• sakhibhiḥ: with (her) friends
• sakhibhiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sākaṃ: together with
• sākaṃ: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-निपात (indeclinable expressing accompaniment: 'together with')

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'thus/so')

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• purodhasā: with the priest
• purodhasā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purodhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• madhuparka-ādikaṃ: madhuparka etc. (welcome-offerings)
• madhuparka-ādikaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhuparka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (ādi-śabda: 'etc.'), अर्थः 'madhuparka and the like'

• sarvaṃ: all
• sarvaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• yat: which (that)
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• kṛtaṃ: done/made
• kṛtaṃ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicative (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, kta); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: 'there')

• vai: indeed/truly
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis/assurance)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Menā, surrounded by sakhīs and the family priest, arranges madhuparka and other offerings on ritual trays within a sanctified wedding-rite setting in the Himalayan kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Menā
• Sakhī (companions)
• Purohita (Purōdhas)
• Madhuparka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is expressed through orderly, reverent hospitality—welcoming the Divine guest with prescribed offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s sacred milieu, where domestic and Vedic rites become part of the tīrtha’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Madhuparka and related upacāras (reception offerings) performed with the guidance of the priest.