Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

इत्येवं पृच्छतस्तस्य पुष्कसस्य यथाविधि । कथयामास तत्सर्वं शिवधर्म मुदान्वितः

Transliteration

ityevaṃ pṛcchatastasya puṣkasasya yathāvidhi | kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ śivadharma mudānvitaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ പുഷ്കസൻ യഥാവിധി ചോദിച്ചപ്പോൾ, അദ്ദേഹം ആനന്ദപരവശനായി ശിവധർമ്മത്തിന്റെ സമഗ്ര ഉപദേശം അവനോട് മുഴുവനായി പറഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• इति: thus/so
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-निपात (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पृच्छतः: of (him) who was asking
• पृच्छतः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (here masc.)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• पुष्कसस्य: of Puṣkasa (name)
• पुष्कसस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/according to)

• विधि: rule; prescribed method
• विधि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (in the sense 'according to rule')

• कथयामास: he narrated/told
• कथयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तत्)

• शिवधर्मम्: the dharma of Śiva; Śaiva duty
• शिवधर्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + धर्म (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: 'शिवस्य धर्मः'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Hetu/Instrument (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; सहार्थे (with joy)

• अन्वितः: endowed/filled (with)
• अन्वितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इ/अनु+इ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त/निष्ठान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्ता-विशेषण)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual); Vīrabhadra as the instructor (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Puṣkasa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm teaching scene: the questioner Puṣkasa stands with folded hands; the speaker, joyful and composed, begins to narrate the full Śiva-dharma in a Himalayan hermitage/temple ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkasa
• Śivadharma
• Vīrabhadra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper inquiry attracts proper instruction; Śiva-dharma is transmitted with joy to the receptive seeker.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra setting remains the sacred frame, though the verse emphasizes doctrine (Śiva-dharma).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it introduces a fuller exposition of Śiva-dharma and worship-related merit.