Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

तस्माच्चिंता न कर्तव्या त्वया अमुरपि प्रभो । प्रभाते च मया सार्द्धं गम्यतां तच्छिवालयम्

Transliteration

tasmācciṃtā na kartavyā tvayā amurapi prabho | prabhāte ca mayā sārddhaṃ gamyatāṃ tacchivālayam

Translation

Ainsi donc, ô Seigneur, ne te tourmente pas à son sujet. À l’aube, viens avec moi vers ce sanctuaire de Śiva.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore, from that
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• ciṃtā: worry
• ciṃtā: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ciṃtā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• kartavyā: should be done/entertained
• kartavyā: Pratijna/Predicate (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + तव्यत् (Kridanta)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory): 'to be done' (here: 'to be made/entertained')

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• amun: that one (person)
• amun: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (दूरवाचक सर्वनाम: 'that one')

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• prabho: O lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prabhāte: in the morning
• prabhāte: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कालवाचक)

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

• mayā: with me (lit. by me)
• mayā: Saha (Companion marker with sārddham/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहार्थक/adverb): 'together with' (उपपदयोगे तृतीया)

• gamyatām: let (us/one) go
• gamyatām: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative): 'let it be gone/let (one) go'

• tat-śivālayam: that temple of Śiva
• tat-śivālayam: Karman (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + śiva-ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'शिवस्य आलयः' + 'तत्' (that Śiva-temple)

Speaker

Purohita (priest) speaking to Nandin (within Sūta’s narration to the sages, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pre-dawn blue light; the priest invites Nandī to accompany him to the Śiva temple; lamps are being readied, and the path to the sanctum is clear.

Characters & Entities

• Nandin
• Purohita
• Śiva (implied by śivālaya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anxiety is calmed by taking refuge in Śiva and proceeding to worship with faith and right counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra Śivālaya (Śiva-temple) central to the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dawn visit to the Śiva-temple, implying morning worship (prātaḥ-kāla pūjā).