Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

के दारयामि यत्प्रोक्तं त्वया महिषरूपिणा । केदार इति नाम्ना त्वं ततः ख्यातो भविष्यसि

Transliteration

ke dārayāmi yatproktaṃ tvayā mahiṣarūpiṇā | kedāra iti nāmnā tvaṃ tataḥ khyāto bhaviṣyasi

Translation

«Je porterai et soutiendrai ce que Tu as proclamé sous la forme du buffle. C’est pourquoi, désormais, Tu seras renommé sous le nom de “Kedāra”.»

Word by Word

• के: which (ones)/what (things)
• के: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)

• दारयामि: I cause to split / I split
• दारयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (Causative: दारयति)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• प्रोक्तम्: spoken/said
• प्रोक्तम्: Karman (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन (contextually object-qualifier)

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

• महिषरूपिणा: by (you) in the form of a buffalo
• महिषरूपिणा: Karana (Instrument/Agent-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थक (महिषरूपः) विशेषण

• केदारः: Kedāra (name/place)
• केदारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Marker of quotation/name)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle)

• नाम्ना: by the name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Means: by the name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: therefore/then
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/therefore; adverb)

• ख्यातः: renowned/called
• ख्यातः: Karta-predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: you will be
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Indra (continuing his declaration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra speaks before Śiva who is associated with a buffalo-form episode; the landscape hints at a sacred pasture/field (kedāra) with a spring; a subtle buffalo iconography appears in banners or relief.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Śiva
• Mahiṣarūpa (buffalo form)
• Kedāra (name/title)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred names preserve sacred deeds; a tīrtha’s very name becomes a memorial of divine action and faithful commitment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra—presented here as a Śaiva sacred place whose fame is established through this naming.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite; the verse provides the naming/renown (khyāti) foundation for Kedāra’s later worship and pilgrimage merit.