Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

पितरौ सर्वललोकस्य ज्ञातौ चाद्यैव तत्त्वतः । मया नास्त्यत्र संदेहो भवतोः कृपया तथा

Transliteration

pitarau sarvalalokasya jñātau cādyaiva tattvataḥ | mayā nāstyatra saṃdeho bhavatoḥ kṛpayā tathā

Translation

Vous êtes les parents de tous les mondes ; aujourd’hui je l’ai su en vérité. Par votre grâce, je n’ai plus aucun doute à ce sujet.

Word by Word

• पितरौ: the two parents
• पितरौ: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• सर्वलोकस्य: of all the worlds
• सर्वलोकस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ज्ञातौ: are known/recognized
• ज्ञातौ: Kriya/Predicate (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञात (कृदन्त; √ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘पितरौ’ इत्यस्य विधेय

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• तत्त्वतः: truly, in essence
• तत्त्वतः: Adverbial (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'in truth')

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adverbial (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवतोः: of you two
• भवतोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम/आदरार्थ-प्रयोग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन

• कृपया: by (your) grace
• कृपया: Hetu/Instrument (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तथा: thus, so
• तथा: Adverbial (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/समापनार्थक (thus/so)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva and Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close devotional moment: Nārada, eyes softened, declares certainty—Śiva and Pārvatī as parents of all worlds—while the divine couple bestows calm, assuring grace.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certainty in spiritual truth arises through divine grace, which dissolves doubt and reveals the cosmic role of the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement is embedded in Kedāra Khaṇḍa, aligning spiritual realization with the Kedāra pilgrimage milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is specified; the emphasis is on knowledge (tattva-jñāna) granted through grace.