Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

कल्पयित्वा च गच्छंति शिवलोकं हि पापिनः । सुधर्माणो महात्मानः शिवपूजाविशारदाः

Transliteration

kalpayitvā ca gacchaṃti śivalokaṃ hi pāpinaḥ | sudharmāṇo mahātmānaḥ śivapūjāviśāradāḥ

Translation

たとえ罪に重く覆われた者であっても、かくのごとく諸行を修めれば、まことにシヴァの世界へ赴く。かれらは正しき者となり、心大きく、シヴァ礼拝に通暁する。

Word by Word

• kalpayitvā: having arranged/provided
• kalpayitvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kḷp (धातु) + itvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त; अव्ययभाव (क्त्वान्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (gerund)

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

• gacchanti: go
• gacchanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• śiva-lokam: to Śiva’s world
• śiva-lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य लोकः)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (causal/emphatic) ‘indeed/for’

• pāpinaḥ: sinners
• pāpinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• su-dharmāṇaḥ: of good conduct/virtuous
• su-dharmāṇaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + dharman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सुन्दरः धर्मः येषां ते)

• mahātmānaḥ: great-souled ones
• mahātmānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् आत्मा येषां ते)

• śiva-pūjā-viśāradāḥ: skilled in Śiva-worship
• śiva-pūjā-viśāradāḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + viśārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शिवपूजायां विशारदाः)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa narrating to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A before-and-after tableau: penitents who once bore signs of vice now stand as calm devotees, offering music and praise; above, a vision of Śivaloka—radiant Kailāsa-like realm—opens as Śiva grants entry to the transformed worshippers.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-worship transforms the devotee—purifying sin and leading to righteous life and the attainment of Śivaloka.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāranātha is the implied sacred context within Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake and complete the prescribed Śiva-devotional observances (as described in the surrounding verses) to gain spiritual merit.