Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

किं कृतं हि त्वया शंभो कोऽसौ दग्धो ममाग्रतः । न जानामि च किं जातं कृतं केन महत्तरम्

Transliteration

kiṃ kṛtaṃ hi tvayā śaṃbho ko'sau dagdho mamāgrataḥ | na jānāmi ca kiṃ jātaṃ kṛtaṃ kena mahattaram

Translation

ഹേ ശംഭോ! നീ എന്തു ചെയ്തു? എന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ ദഗ്ധനായ ആൾ ആരാണ്? എന്താണ് സംഭവിച്ചതെന്ന് എനിക്ക് അറിയില്ല; ഈ മഹത്തായ കൃത്യം ആരാൽ നടന്നു എന്നും അറിയില്ല।

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘done’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• शम्भो: O Śambhu
• शम्भो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• असौ: that (person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ

• दग्धः: burnt
• दग्धः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (असौ)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• अग्रतः: in front (of me)
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• जानामि: I know
• जानामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• जातम्: happened, arisen
• जातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• केन: by whom
• केन: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• महत्तरम्: greater
• महत्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative)

Speaker

Rājā (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śambhu (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic moment: before the king lies a being identified with Kāla, engulfed in towering flames like garlands; the king, shocked, questions Śambhu.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Kāla (implied as the burned one)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine acts can surpass ordinary understanding; inquiry after the Lord’s deed becomes a doorway to higher teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, where extraordinary manifestations of Śiva’s grace are narrated to inspire pilgrimage-faith.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal question within the kṣetra-māhātmya narrative.