Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

तथेति मत्वा वचनं महाप्रभः स जातवेदाः परमेण वर्चसा । समुज्ज्वलंस्तत्र महाप्रभावो ब्राह्मे मुहूर्त्ते हि सचोपविष्टः

Transliteration

tatheti matvā vacanaṃ mahāprabhaḥ sa jātavedāḥ parameṇa varcasā | samujjvalaṃstatra mahāprabhāvo brāhme muhūrtte hi sacopaviṣṭaḥ

Translation

“തഥാസ്തു” എന്നു കരുതി ആ വചനം സ്വീകരിച്ച് മഹാപ്രഭു ജാതവേദസ് (അഗ്നി) പരമ വർചസ്സോടെ അവിടെ മഹാപ്രഭാവത്തോടെ ജ്വലിച്ചു; ബ്രാഹ്മമുഹൂർത്തത്തിൽ അവിടെ തന്നെ ഉപവിഷ്ടനായി ആ ആജ്ഞ നിർവഹിക്കാൻ പ്രവൃത്തനായി.

Word by Word

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/so)

• iti: thus (quoting)
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति-सूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• matvā: having considered
• matvā: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having thought/considered’

• vacanam: the statement/command
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• mahāprabhaḥ: the greatly radiant one
• mahāprabhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् प्रभा यस्य/महाप्रभः)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jātavedāḥ: Jātavedas (Agni)
• jātavedāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jātavedas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अग्नेः नाम

• parameṇa: with supreme
• parameṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; विशेषण (वर्चसा-विशेषण)

• varcasā: splendor, brilliance
• varcasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varcas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• samujjvalan: shining brightly
• samujjvalan: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ud-jval (धातु)
• Form: समुज्ज्वलत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; क्रिया-विशेषण (shining forth)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• mahāprabhāvaḥ: the greatly powerful one
• mahāprabhāvaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् प्रभावः यस्य)

• brāhme: in the brāhma (early)
• brāhme: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brāhma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषण (मुहूर्त्ते-विशेषण)

• muhūrtte: at the muhūrta
• muhūrtte: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muhūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• upaviṣṭaḥ: sat down / was seated
• upaviṣṭaḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-vi-ṣad (धातु; √sad क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; ‘seated’

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni, blazing with supreme splendour, accepts Śiva’s command and sits at dawn (brahma-muhūrta) in focused posture; the sky is pre-sunrise indigo; devas watch as the ordinance begins to take effect.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Jātavedas)
• Brāhma-muhūrta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obedience to divine instruction and acting at auspicious times (brāhma-muhūrta) amplify spiritual efficacy and sacred power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting foregrounds the Himalayan Kedāra sacred landscape where divine acts manifest tangibly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit emphasis is placed on brāhma-muhūrta as a favored time for spiritual acts, though no specific rite is commanded in this verse.