Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

मुनिभिश्चारणैः सिद्धैर्गणैश्चापि सदाशिवः । स्तुतश्च वंदितो रुद्रः पिनाकी वृषवाहनः

Transliteration

munibhiścāraṇaiḥ siddhairgaṇaiścāpi sadāśivaḥ | stutaśca vaṃdito rudraḥ pinākī vṛṣavāhanaḥ

Translation

മുനിമാർ, ചാരണർ, സിദ്ധർ, ഗണങ്ങൾ എന്നിവരും പിനാകധാരിയും വൃഷവാഹനനുമായ രുദ്രൻ—സദാശിവനെ—സ്തുതിച്ചു വന്ദിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• आरणैः: by Āraṇas (a class of beings)
• आरणैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सिद्धैः: by Siddhas
• सिद्धैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• गणैः: by gaṇas (attendants)
• गणैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also)

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदाशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः सदा + शिव

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (रुद्रः/सदाशिवः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• वंदितः: saluted/worshipped
• वंदितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्द् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (रुद्रः)

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

• पिनाकी: the bearer of the Pināka bow
• पिनाकी: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘पिनाक-धारी’ (possessor of Pināka)

• वृषवाहनः: he whose mount is the bull
• वृषवाहनः: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषवाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः वृष + वाहन (whose vehicle is a bull)

Speaker

Narrator (deductively: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand congregation: sages, celestial bards (Cāraṇas), perfected beings (Siddhas), and Śiva’s Gaṇas encircle Rudra—Pināka in hand, vṛṣa nearby—offering hymns and prostrations.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Rudra
• Pināka
• Nandin (bull vehicle implied)
• Munis
• Cāraṇas
• Siddhas
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stuti) unites sages and celestial beings around Śiva, affirming him as the supreme refuge and protector.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The praise is situated within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sanctified landscape associated with Kedāra, reinforcing Śiva’s supremacy in that tīrtha tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stuti and vandana (praise and salutations) are modeled, but no formal rite is specified.