Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 175

Devanagari script

प्रहस्य भगवान्रुद्रः किरातं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । कोऽयं त्वया समानीतो गणानामिह सन्निधौ

Transliteration

prahasya bhagavānrudraḥ kirātaṃ vākyamabravīt | ko'yaṃ tvayā samānīto gaṇānāmiha sannidhau

Translation

微笑みつつ、福徳なるルドラはキラ―タに告げた。「我がガナたちの御前へ連れて来たこの者は、いったい誰か。」

Word by Word

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• प्रहस्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having laughed'

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive stem)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• किरातम्: to the Kirāta
• किरातम्: Sampradana (Addressee/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• अयम्: this (person)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समानीतः: brought (here)
• समानीतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative to 'ayam'/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि भावः—'brought along'

• गणानाम्: of the gaṇas
• गणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tapovana (Kedāra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra smiles and addresses the Kirāta before the gathered gaṇas, asking who has been brought; the moment is poised between concealment and revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Kirāta
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in divine realms, devotion is introduced and recognized through proper guidance and testimony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s sacred setting, portrayed as a space where Śiva and his Gaṇas are immediately present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is part of a narrative dialogue.