Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

सार्द्धं पुरोधसा चैव गर्गेण सुमहात्मना । कन्यादानं करोम्यद्य देवदेवस्य शूलिनः

Transliteration

sārddhaṃ purodhasā caiva gargeṇa sumahātmanā | kanyādānaṃ karomyadya devadevasya śūlinaḥ

Translation

Avec le prêtre de famille et le magnanime Garga, j’accomplirai aujourd’hui le kanyādāna, le don de la fille, au Dieu des dieux — le Seigneur au trident.

Word by Word

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक अव्यय (adverb/preposition)

• पुरोधसा: with the family priest
• पुरोधसा: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात

• गर्गेण: with Garga
• गर्गेण: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुमहात्मना: with the very great-souled one
• सुमहात्मना: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सु-महात्मा (अतिशयेन महान् आत्मा)

• कन्यादानम्: the giving of the maiden (kanyādāna)
• कन्यादानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या + दान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कन्यायाः दानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• करोमि: I do, I perform
• करोमि: Kriyā (Main predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• देवदेवस्य: of the god of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—देवानां देवः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• शूलिनः: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलिनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण-नाम (epithet of Śiva)

Speaker

Himavān (deduced: first-person statement “karomyadya” within Lomaśa’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (traditional frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himādri declares his intent to perform kanyādāna to Śiva, with the family priest and sage Garga present; ritual implements and a sanctified pavilion implied.

Characters & Entities

• Himavān
• Purohita
• Garga
• Devadeva (Śiva)
• Śūlin (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic rites are to be performed with proper priestly guidance and with the understanding that the recipient is the supreme divine (Devadeva).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context links this marriage-rite narration to Kedāra’s sacred fame and Śiva’s presence there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kanyādāna is explicitly stated, to be conducted in the company of the purohita and Ācārya Garga.