Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

अत्र कुण्डे नरः स्नात्वा श्राद्धं कृत्वा यथाविधि । अत्रीशं च नमस्कृत्य केदारं च प्रपश्यति

Transliteration

atra kuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi | atrīśaṃ ca namaskṛtya kedāraṃ ca prapaśyati

Translation

ഇവിടെയുള്ള കുണ്ഡത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് മനുഷ്യൻ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ശ്രാദ്ധം നിർവഹിക്കണം; പിന്നെ അത്രീശനെ നമസ്കരിച്ചു കേദാരനെയും ദർശിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण) — here

• कुण्डे: in the pond/pool
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — having bathed

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — having done/performed

• यथाविधि: according to the prescribed rule
• यथाविधि: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + विधि (अव्ययीभाव-समास)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण); समास: यथा-विधि (अव्ययीभाव) — according to rule

• अत्रीशम्: Atrīśa
• अत्रीशम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular; समास: अत्रि+ईश (तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• नमस्कृत्य: having bowed/saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस्-कृ (धातु) → नमस्कृत्य (ल्यप्)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्ययभाव), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — having saluted

• केदारम्: Kedara
• केदारम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• प्रपश्यति: beholds/sees
• प्रपश्यति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — sees/beholds

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed) Kuṇḍa near Atrīśa–Kedāra

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes in a clear kuṇḍa, then performs śrāddha with darbha and water offerings; afterward he bows at the Atrīśa shrine and walks toward the Kedāra-liṅga for darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa (sacred pond)
• Śrāddha
• Atrīśa
• Kedāra-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed through a dharmic sequence—purification (snāna), ancestral duty (śrāddha), reverence, and darśana of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa (sacred pond), Atrīśa, and Kedāra-liṅga within this chapter’s Mahīnagaraka sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the kuṇḍa, perform śrāddha as prescribed, bow to Atrīśa, and take darśana of Kedāra-liṅga.