Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तथोपनिषदैश्चैव मीमांसाद्वितयेन तु । एवंभूतः कुमारोयमशक्यो वर्णितुं द्विजाः

Transliteration

tathopaniṣadaiścaiva mīmāṃsādvitayena tu | evaṃbhūtaḥ kumāroyamaśakyo varṇituṃ dvijāḥ

Translation

De même dans les Upaniṣad et dans les deux Mīmāṃsā : tel est ce Kumāra qu’il est impossible de le décrire pleinement, ô deux-fois-nés.

Word by Word

• tathā: thus, in that manner
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb)

• upaniṣadbhiḥ: by the Upaniṣads
• upaniṣadbhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upaniṣad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

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

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/emphasis)

• mīmāṃsā-dvitayena: by the pair of Mīmāṃsās (two Mīmāṃsā systems)
• mīmāṃsā-dvitayena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mīmāṃsā (प्रातिपदिक) + dvitaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• tu: but, however
• tu: Sambandha (Contrast/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/contrast)

• evaṃbhūtaḥ: such as this, of this kind
• evaṃbhūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evaṃbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• kumāraḥ: the boy, prince
• kumāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन (nominative singular pronoun)

• aśakyaḥ: impossible (to be done)
• aśakyaḥ: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśakya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• varṇitum: to describe
• varṇitum: Karma (Object of ability/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √varṇ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive), अर्थः—कर्तुं शक्यते/न शक्यते (to describe)

• dvijāḥ: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन (vocative plural)

Speaker

Lomaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned assembly of dvijas with palm-leaf manuscripts (Upaniṣads and Mīmāṃsā) gestures toward a radiant Kumāra whose glory overflows the frame; Himalayan backdrop hints at Kedāra’s sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāra (Skanda)
• Upaniṣads
• Mīmāṃsā (Pūrva & Uttara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine exceeds conceptual limits: even philosophical systems and Upaniṣadic insight cannot exhaust the Lord’s splendor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is doctrinal praise within Kedārakhaṇḍa, not a direct tirtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is theological magnification (mahimā-kathana).