Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 177

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य विरोचनसुतस्य वै । मनसा हृषितश्चासौ वामनो वक्तुमारभत्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya virocanasutasya vai | manasā hṛṣitaścāsau vāmano vaktumārabhat

Translation

വിരോചനപുത്രന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് വാമനനും ഉള്ളിൽ സന്തോഷിച്ച് സംസാരിക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി।

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• vacanam: speech; words
• vacanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• virocana-sutasya: of Virocana's son
• virocana-sutasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: virocana (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विरोचनस्य सुतः)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• manasā: with (his) mind
• manasā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• hṛṣitaḥ: delighted
• hṛṣitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• asau: that one; he
• asau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vāmanaḥ: Vāmana
• vāmanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāmana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vaktum: to speak
• vaktum: Purpose (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive); प्रयोजनार्थ (to speak)

• ārabhat: began
• ārabhat: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rabh (धातु) + ā (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāmana, pleased in mind, turns toward the questioner and begins his reply; the atmosphere shifts from inquiry to revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Bali (Virocana-suta)
• Virocana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respectful conduct invites divine favor; the Lord is pleased when dharma is upheld with sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s narrative sanctity is affirmed through this divine-human dialogue preserved in Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it transitions from hospitality to the teaching/discourse that follows.