Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

कथं शिवो हि देवर्ष उक्तोऽतो हि त्वया बहु । मत्प्रसादा स्छवो जात ईश्वरो यो हि पठ्यते

Transliteration

kathaṃ śivo hi devarṣa ukto'to hi tvayā bahu | matprasādā schavo jāta īśvaro yo hi paṭhyate

Translation

«Comment se fait-il, ô rishi divin, que tu aies tant parlé de Śiva ? C’est par ma grâce qu’il devint “Īśvara”, celui que l’on célèbre comme le Seigneur.»

Word by Word

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• देवर्षे: O divine sage
• देवर्षे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उक्तः: called/said
• उक्तः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → उक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Reason marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (therefore/from this)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• बहु: much/a lot
• बहु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: 'much')

• मत्-प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्-प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी-समासपूर्वपद) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: मम प्रसादः); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शवः: a corpse
• शवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जातः: has become
• जातः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → जात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• पठ्यते: is read/recited
• पठ्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī speaks with confident intensity, questioning Nārada’s extensive praise of Śiva and asserting her role in his being called ‘Īśvara’; Nārada listens, restrained.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Nārada
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual pride distorts theology; the text sets up a correction that true lordship is intrinsic to Śiva, not granted by egoic claims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly praised in this line; it is part of Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Shaiva teaching atmosphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.