Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

तदोवाच शिवः साक्षाद्देवानामिह श्रृण्वताम् । रेतो विसृज्यतां योनौ तदाग्निः प्रहसन्नवि

Transliteration

tadovāca śivaḥ sākṣāddevānāmiha śrṛṇvatām | reto visṛjyatāṃ yonau tadāgniḥ prahasannavi

Translation

បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះសិវៈផ្ទាល់ ទ្រង់មានព្រះបន្ទូល ខណៈទេវតាទាំងឡាយស្តាប់នៅទីនោះថា៖ «ចូរបញ្ចេញរេតៈចូលទៅក្នុងយោនី (ស្បូន)»។ ពេលនោះ អគ្គិនីក៏សើច។

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sākṣāt: directly, in person
• sākṣāt: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/प्रत्यक्षार्थक (directly, in person)

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• śṛṇvatām: while (they) were listening
• śṛṇvatām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive absolute/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: शृण्वत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘श्रृण्वताम्’ = ‘(तेषाम्) शृण्वताम्’ (while they were listening)

• retaḥ: semen
• retaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: retas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• visṛjyatām: let (it) be released
• visṛjyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: visṛj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (let it be discharged)

• yonau: in the womb
• yonau: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• agniḥ: Agni
• agniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prahasan: smiling/laughing
• prahasan: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prahas (धातु)
• Form: प्रहसत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; क्रिया-विशेषण (हसन्)

• avi: O! (particle)
• avi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: avi (अव्यय/सम्बोधन-निपात)
• Form: निपात; पाठभेद/सम्बोधनार्थक (O!)

Speaker

Śiva (first sentence); Agni (reaction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks directly, surrounded by listening devas; the instruction about releasing retas into a yoni is delivered with cosmic gravity; Agni’s laughter introduces a flash of divine irony and tension about capacity.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Agni
• Devas
• Yoni (womb)
• Retas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic forces are governed by Īśvara’s command; creation and containment proceed according to divine order, not impulse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the narrative backdrop within the Kedārakhaṇḍa Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No human ritual; it is a cosmological directive concerning the proper containment/release of divine potency.