Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

कृताः सर्वे महात्मानो याथातथ्येन धीमता । एवंभूतः कृतस्तेन मंडपो दिव्यरूपवान्

Transliteration

kṛtāḥ sarve mahātmāno yāthātathyena dhīmatā | evaṃbhūtaḥ kṛtastena maṃḍapo divyarūpavān

Translation

ആ ജ്ഞാനവാനായ ശില്പി യഥാർത്ഥതയോടെ എല്ലാ മഹാത്മാക്കളെയും അതേപടി നിർമ്മിച്ചു; ഇങ്ങനെ ദിവ്യരൂപത്തിൽ ദീപ്തമായ മണ്ഡപം പണിതുയർത്തപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

• कृताः: made; accomplished
• कृताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; past passive participle used predicatively ("made/done")

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones; noble persons
• महात्मानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• याथातथ्येन: with due propriety; according to what is fitting
• याथातथ्येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथातथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भावे

• धीमता: by the wise one
• धीमता: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (कर्ता-विशेषण)

• एवंभूतः: such; of this kind
• एवंभूतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कृतः: was made
• कृतः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; past passive participle ("made")

• तेन: by him/that one
• तेन: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मण्डपः: pavilion; hall
• मण्डपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दिव्यरूपवान्: having a divine form; splendid
• दिव्यरूपवान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य-रूप-वत् (प्रातिपदिक; रूप + वत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—दिव्यं रूपं यस्य (रूपवन्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant divine pavilion newly completed by the wise craftsman, its form luminous and orderly, suggesting perfect proportions and sacred geometry against a Himalayan backdrop.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sacredness is not mere ornamentation but alignment with truth (yāthātathya), making the tīrtha a vessel of divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra, whose divine pavilion is being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concludes the description of the maṇḍapa’s divine construction.