Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

सर्वान्समभ्यर्च्य तदा महात्मा महान्गिरीशः परमेण वर्चसा । सद्रत्नवस्त्राभरणानि सम्यग्ददौ च ताम्बूलसुगन्धवार्यपि

Transliteration

sarvānsamabhyarcya tadā mahātmā mahāngirīśaḥ parameṇa varcasā | sadratnavastrābharaṇāni samyagdadau ca tāmbūlasugandhavāryapi

Translation

Alors le magnanime Girīśa, rayonnant d’une splendeur suprême, les honora tous comme il se doit, et leur donna de belles gemmes, des vêtements et des ornements, ainsi que du tāmbūla (bétel) et de l’eau parfumée.

Word by Word

• सर्वान्: all (of them)
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अभि+अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘समभ्यर्च्य’ = सम्यक् अभ्यर्च्य (having duly worshipped)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• गिरीशः: Lord of the mountains (Śiva)
• गिरीशः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• परमेण: with supreme
• परमेण: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Instrumental Singular)

• वर्चसा: splendour, radiance
• वर्चसा: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)

• सद्रत्नवस्त्राभरणानि: good jewels, garments, and ornaments
• सद्रत्नवस्त्राभरणानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्+रत्न+वस्त्र+आभरण (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective copulative) (Neuter, Accusative, Plural)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

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

• ताम्बूलसुगन्धवारि: betel, perfumes, and water
• ताम्बूलसुगन्धवारि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्बूल+सुगन्ध+वारि (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन/बहुवचन (पाठानुसार); समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Additive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (also/even)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Radiant Girīśa ceremonially honors the assembled devas and attendants, distributing gems, fine garments, ornaments, betel, and fragrant perfumed water in a festive Kedāra setting.

Characters & Entities

• Girīśa (Śiva)
• Attendees (all assembled beings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship culminates in honoring others—hospitality and gifting are framed as sacred extensions of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, depicted as a place of divine splendor and proper ritual hospitality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering gifts (dāna) such as gems, clothes, ornaments, and also tāmbūla and fragrant water as honors.