Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तदोवाच महातेजा गणाध्यक्षो गणैः सह । सशक्तिकं स्तूयमानः शक्त्या च परया तदा

Transliteration

tadovāca mahātejā gaṇādhyakṣo gaṇaiḥ saha | saśaktikaṃ stūyamānaḥ śaktyā ca parayā tadā

Translation

അപ്പോൾ മഹാതേജസ്സുള്ള ഗണാധ്യക്ഷൻ ഗണേശൻ, തന്റെ ഗണങ്ങളോടൊപ്പം, സംസാരിച്ചു—ശക്തിസഹിതനായ ദേവനെ സ്തുതിക്കുമ്പോഴും പരാശക്തി അവിടെ സന്നിഹിതയായിരിക്കുമ്പോഴും.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective) गणाध्यक्षः इति

• गणाध्यक्षः: leader of the gaṇas
• गणाध्यक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• गणैः: with the gaṇas
• गणैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (prepositional adverb: 'together with')

• सशक्तिकम्: together with śakti
• सशक्तिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) (अर्थः: 'with śakti')

• स्तूयमानः: being praised
• स्तूयमानः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तूयमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) गणाध्यक्षः इति

• शक्त्या: by śakti
• शक्त्या: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• परया: supreme
• परया: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) शक्त्या इति

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (Lomaśa/Lomaharṣaṇa per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Gaṇeśa, surrounded by gaṇas, stands before the praised Śiva united with Śakti; the atmosphere is ceremonial, with gestures of stuti and readiness to speak.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Gaṇa
• Śakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the Divine through praise (stuti) is presented as a potent path, especially when Śiva is understood as inseparable from Śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra (Kedarnath region) is the broader setting in Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies stuti (hymnic praise) but gives no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna instruction.