Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

सूपान्नकर्ता सततं जातवदा निरन्तरम् । गंधर्वा गायका यस्य स्तावकाश्च पिनाकिनः

Transliteration

sūpānnakartā satataṃ jātavadā nirantaram | gaṃdharvā gāyakā yasya stāvakāśca pinākinaḥ

Translation

ജാതവേദൻ (അഗ്നി) നിരന്തരം രുചികരമായ അന്നം പാകം ചെയ്ത് സമർപ്പിച്ചു; ഗന്ധർവർ ഗായകരായി, പിനാകധാരി പ്രഭുവിനെ സ്തുതിക്കുന്ന സ്താവകരും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• सूपान्नकर्ता: cook/preparer of soup and food
• सूपान्नकर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूपान्नकर्ता (प्रातिपदिक; सूप + अन्न + कर्तृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agent noun)

• सततम्: always
• सततम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'always')

• जातवदाः: fire-kindlers / those like Agni (jātavedas)
• जातवदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• निरन्तरम्: without interruption
• निरन्तरम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निरन्तरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'continuously')

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• गायकाः: singers
• गायकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; गन्धर्वाः इति पदस्य विशेषण/अपपद (appositional)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• स्तावकाः: praisers
• स्तावकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पिनाकिनः: Pinākin’s attendants (Śiva’s followers)
• पिनाकिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; शिवगणविशेष (followers of Pinākin/Śiva)

Speaker

Lomaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Śiva-kṣetra) with Kailāsa archetype

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi assembly / inquirer in frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni (Jātavedā) as divine cook preparing sumptuous offerings; Gandharvas singing with vīṇā and mṛdaṅga; bards reciting praises to Pinākin (Śiva with the Pināka bow).

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Jātavedā)
• Gandharvas
• Śiva (Pinākin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred praise (stuti) and devoted offering are depicted as continuous acts in the divine realm, modeling bhakti for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa, envisioned as a celestial court where worship and praise never cease.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is stated; the imagery aligns with naivedya (food offering) and stotra (hymnic praise) as devotional modes.