Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

भवत्स्वेव हि वर्त्तते दृषदो यत्नसेविताः । पुनंतु विश्चं वचनान्मम ता नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

bhavatsveva hi varttate dṛṣado yatnasevitāḥ | punaṃtu viścaṃ vacanānmama tā nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

നിശ്ചയമായും നിങ്ങളിലേ തന്നെയാണ് യത്നപൂർവ്വം സേവിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ആ പുണ്യശിലകൾ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നത്. എന്റെ വചനത്താൽ അവ സർവ്വലോകത്തെയും ശുദ്ധീകരിക്കും—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• भवत्सु: in/among you (all)
• भवत्सु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक (you, honorific)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/for, indeed)

• वर्तते: exists/abides
• वर्तते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दृषदः: stones/rocks
• दृषदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृषद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• यत्न-सेविताः: served/attended with effort
• यत्न-सेविताः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + सेवित (कृदन्त; √सेव् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; दृषदः इति विशेषण

• पुनन्तु: may (they) purify
• पुनन्तु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• विश्वम्: the whole world
• विश्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• वचनात्: from (my) word; by my statement
• वचनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (from/by reason of)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ताः: they/those (f.)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; दृषदः इत्यर्थे (referring to them)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Kārttikeya (continuing speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mountains/guardians/attendants (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine speaker (Śiva/Skanda-context voice) addresses mountains or a guardian figure, indicating sacred stones within them; the stones glow as if charged by mantra, radiating purification across the world.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttikeya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine sanction transforms natural features into world-purifying tīrthas; sacred geography carries real spiritual efficacy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mountains of Kedārakhaṇḍa as a whole, especially their sacred stones/rock-forms revered as tīrtha supports.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied sevā (reverent tending/visiting) of sacred stones; no explicit snāna/dāna/japa is stated.