Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तर्ह्येवं कुरु शंभो त्वं कालस्य च महात्मनः । विना कालेन यत्किंचिद्भविष्यति न शंकर

Transliteration

tarhyevaṃ kuru śaṃbho tvaṃ kālasya ca mahātmanaḥ | vinā kālena yatkiṃcidbhaviṣyati na śaṃkara

Translation

Ainsi donc, ô Śaṁbhu, agis de la sorte envers Kāla, l’âme magnanime. Sans Kāla, rien du tout n’adviendra, ô Śaṅkara.

Word by Word

• तर्हि: then
• तर्हि: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तर्हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-सम्बन्धसूचक (then/thereupon)

• एवं: thus
• एवं: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवं (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शंभो: O Śambhu
• शंभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुष-संबन्धि; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कालस्य: of Kāla (Time/Death)
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'कालस्य')

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Prepositional relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात; वियोगार्थक (without)

• कालेन: by/with Kāla
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (something/anything)

• भविष्यति: will happen/be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• शंकर: O Śaṅkara
• शंकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śveta (urging Śiva to restore Kāla)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn counsel addressed to Śaṅkara: the cosmic figure of Kāla implied as the necessary regulator of becoming; Śiva’s presence calm, vast, and unshaken.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṁbhu (Śiva)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Kāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time is indispensable to worldly order; even divine intervention respects the structure through which creation unfolds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, as the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred frame for this theological discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is metaphysical, stressing Kāla’s necessity.