Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

त्वया ततमिदं विश्वं जगदेतच्चराचरम् । एवं स्तुतिपरोऽभूच्च हिमालयागिरिर्महान् । आगतो नारदस्तत्र ऋषिभिः परिवारितः

Transliteration

tvayā tatamidaṃ viśvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram | evaṃ stutiparo'bhūcca himālayāgirirmahān | āgato nāradastatra ṛṣibhiḥ parivāritaḥ

Translation

Par Toi, tout cet univers est pénétré, ce monde du mobile et de l’immobile. Ainsi la grande montagne Himālaya demeura absorbée dans la louange. Alors Nārada y arriva, entouré de sages.

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tatam: spread/pervaded
• tatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tan (धातु) → tata (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (viśvam/jagat)

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• viśvam: universe
• viśvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• jagat: world
• jagat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (jagat)

• cara-acaram: moving and unmoving
• cara-acaram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (इतरेतर: चर + अचर); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (jagat)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय

• stuti-paraḥ: intent on praise
• stuti-paraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stuti (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (stutyāṃ paraḥ = devoted to praise); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (aorist/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• himālaya-giriḥ: the mountain Himālaya
• himālaya-giriḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himālaya (प्रातिपदिक) + giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (हिमालय एव गिरिः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• mahān: great
• mahān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (giriḥ)

• āgataḥ: came/arrived
• āgataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+gam (धातु) → āgata (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतार्थे (functioning as finite: 'came')

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Desha-adhikarana (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• ṛṣibhiḥ: with sages
• ṛṣibhiḥ: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• parivāritaḥ: surrounded/attended
• parivāritaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari+vṛ (धातु) → parivārita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (nāradaḥ)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himālaya continues a stotra declaring Śiva’s pervasion of the entire moving and unmoving universe; as the praise flows, Nārada arrives with a retinue of sages, turning the scene into a grand spiritual convocation.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Himālaya
• Nārada
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeing the divine as all-pervading transforms speech into praise and the place into a living tīrtha of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Himalayan sacred setting of Kedārakhaṇḍa is elevated as a meeting ground for gods and sages, reinforcing its tīrtha-status.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the devotional practice implied is stuti—praising and contemplating Śiva’s all-pervasion.