Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य सोऽच्युतः संप्रहस्य च । इदं विष्णुर्महावाक्यं जगाद परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya so'cyutaḥ saṃprahasya ca | idaṃ viṣṇurmahāvākyaṃ jagāda parameśvaraḥ

Translation

その言葉を聞くと、不落の主アチュタは微笑み、ついで至上主ヴィシュヌは、この大いなる宣言を語った。

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of 'śrutvā'

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु) → śrutvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वान्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• vacanam: speech, words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; apposition to 'tat'

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• acyutaḥ: Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• acyutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; apposition to 'saḥ'

• saṃprahasya: having laughed
• saṃprahasya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃ-pra-√has (धातु) → saṃprahasya (ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्), क्रियाविशेषण; 'having laughed heartily'

• ca: and
• ca: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of 'jagāda'

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; speaker (apposition to 'parameśvaraḥ')

• mahāvākyam: great statement
• mahāvākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object complement to 'idam' (this great utterance)

• jagāda: spoke
• jagāda: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gad (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• parameśvaraḥ: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; apposition to 'viṣṇuḥ'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Acyuta smiles upon hearing the conciliatory words, then Viṣṇu as Parameśvara delivers a weighty pronouncement—moment of revelation before action.

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• Viṣṇu
• Parameśvara (epithet used here for Viṣṇu)
• Vīrabhadra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right speech and mutual honor among divine powers model the Purāṇic ideal: reconciliation that safeguards dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.