Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

केदारश्च श्रुतोऽस्माभिः सूतपुत्र हिमाचले । स कथं तत्र संजातः सर्वं विस्तरतो वद

Transliteration

kedāraśca śruto'smābhiḥ sūtaputra himācale | sa kathaṃ tatra saṃjātaḥ sarvaṃ vistarato vada

Translation

Ô fils de Sūta, nous avons entendu parler de Kedāra dans l’Himālaya. Comment s’y est-il établi ? Dis-nous tout en détail.

Word by Word

• केदारः: Kedāra
• केदारः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (कर्ता), एकवचनम्; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• श्रुतः: is heard/has been heard
• श्रुतः: क्रिया (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Past participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular (predicative)

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: कर्ता (Agent of passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (कर्ता/करण), बहुवचनम्; Pronoun, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• सूतपुत्र: O son of the Sūta
• सूतपुत्र: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूतस्य पुत्रः); पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Vocative, Singular

• हिमाचले: in Himālaya (snow-mountain)
• हिमाचले: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम-अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: कर्मधारयः (हिमः अचलः); पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), एकवचनम्; Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• सः: he/that (Kedāra)
• सः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: प्रकार (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संजातः: was born/arose
• संजातः: क्रिया (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√जन् (धातु) + संजात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Past participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular (predicative)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम्; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विस्तरतः: in detail
• विस्तरतः: प्रकार (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb) ‘in detail’

• वद: tell, speak
• वद: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; Imperative, 2nd person, Singular

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages) addressing Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas addressing the Sūta’s son

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages question the Sūta’s son specifically about Kedāra’s establishment in the snowy Himalaya; in the background, a mental tableau of a stone temple amid peaks and conifers, with pilgrims ascending a mountain path.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Himālaya
• Sūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place (tīrtha) is approached through attentive listening and inquiry, inviting a full account of its divine origin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, the celebrated Himalayan tīrtha associated with Śaiva sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it is an invitation to narrate the tīrtha’s manifestation and greatness.