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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

प्रहस्य भगवान्नंदी ब्रह्माणं वै ह्युवाच ह । क्व यूयं क्व शिवः शंभुस्तपसा परमेण हि । द्रष्टव्यो हृदि मध्यस्थः सोऽद्य द्रष्टुं न पार्यते

Transliteration

prahasya bhagavānnaṃdī brahmāṇaṃ vai hyuvāca ha | kva yūyaṃ kva śivaḥ śaṃbhustapasā parameṇa hi | draṣṭavyo hṛdi madhyasthaḥ so'dya draṣṭuṃ na pāryate

Translation

Souriant, le bienheureux Nandī dit à Brahmā : « Que valez-vous — et que vaut Śiva, Śambhu ! On ne Le voit que par l’austérité suprême, Lui qui demeure au centre même du cœur ; et pourtant, aujourd’hui, vous ne pouvez Le contempler. »

Word by Word
prahasyahaving laughed
prahasya:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√has (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: प्र√हस् (to laugh), अर्थः: ‘हसित्वा/प्रहस्य’
bhagavānthe revered one
bhagavān:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
nandīNandin
nandī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnandī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
brahmāṇamBrahmā
brahmāṇam:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
vaiindeed
vai:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अवधानार्थ/एवकारार्थ
hifor/indeed
hi:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
ha(emphatic particle)
ha:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), कथनानुवादक/इतिवृत्तसूचक
kvawhere
kva:
Interrogative (प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रश्नवाचक अव्यय (interrogative adverb of place)
yūyamyou (all)
yūyam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative)
kvawhere
kva:
Interrogative (प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रश्नवाचक अव्यय
śivaḥŚiva
śivaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśiva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
śaṃbhuḥŚambhu
śaṃbhuḥ:
Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शिवस्य नाम
tapasāby austerity
tapasā:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
parameṇasupreme
parameṇa:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tapasā)
hiindeed
hi:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
draṣṭavyaḥis to be seen / should be seen
draṣṭavyaḥ:
Predicate (विधेय)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/future passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘द्रष्टव्यः’ = ‘द्रष्टुं योग्यः/द्रष्टव्यः’
hṛdiin the heart
hṛdi:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
madhyasthaḥsituated in the middle
madhyasthaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmadhya + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (मध्यस्थः = मध्ये स्थितः)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
adyatoday/now
adya:
Kāla (Time adjunct/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootadya (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)
draṣṭumto see
draṣṭum:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्यय; ‘द्रष्टुम्’ = ‘दर्शनार्थम्’
nanot
na:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
pāryateis possible / can be managed
pāryate:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√pṛ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/शक्यतार्थे प्रयोगः (‘पार्यते’ = ‘शक्यते/समर्थ्यते’)
Speaker

Nandī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā (and implicitly the assembled devas/ṛṣis)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandin, smiling yet firm, addresses Brahmā with a teaching gesture; a Himalayan Shaiva setting implied, with the sense of Śiva dwelling invisibly in the heart rather than as a visible form.

Characters & Entities
N
Nandī
B
Brahmā
Ś
Śiva
Ś
Śambhu
H
Heart (Hṛd)

FAQs

Śiva is realized through inner purity and intense discipline; external status cannot guarantee darśana without tapas and inwardness.

The verse emphasizes inner Kedāra—Śiva in the heart—while situated within the Kedārakhaṇḍa that celebrates Kedāra as Śiva’s domain.

Parama-tapas (supreme austerity) and heart-centered contemplation are indicated as the means to Śiva-darśana.

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