Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 147

Devanagari script

निवेद्य तेषु तत्सर्वं किरातेन च यत्कृतम् । किं कार्यमथ भो विप्राः कथ्यतां च यथातथम्

Transliteration

nivedya teṣu tatsarvaṃ kirātena ca yatkṛtam | kiṃ kāryamatha bho viprāḥ kathyatāṃ ca yathātatham

Translation

കിരാതൻ ചെയ്തതെല്ലാം അവരോട് നിവേദിച്ച് അവൻ ചോദിച്ചു—“ഹേ വിപ്രന്മാരേ, ഇനി എന്ത് ചെയ്യണം? യഥാർത്ഥമായി പറയുക।”

Word by Word

• निवेद्य: having reported
• निवेद्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√विद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययभाव-क्त्वान्त (gerund), अर्थः ‘निवेद्य/निवेद्य’ (having informed/submitted)

• तेषु: among them
• तेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Among)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण—सर्वम्

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• किरातेन: by the Kirāta (hunter)
• किरातेन: Karta (Agent; in passive sense of kṛtam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

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

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• कृतम्: was done
• कृतम्: Kriyā (Predicate; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done’

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object of implied verb)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• कार्यम्: should be done / task
• कार्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• भो: O!
• भो: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-अव्यय (vocative particle)

• विप्राः: O brahmins
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (Voc./1st), बहुवचन

• कथ्यताम्: let it be said
• कथ्यताम्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु) + यक् (passive)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (let it be told)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/how)

• तथम्: so
• तथम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/so)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandī narrates the Kirāta’s actions to assembled brāhmaṇas; his hands gesture in explanation while the elders listen with measured expressions, preparing a dharma-based response.

Characters & Entities

• Kirāta
• Viprāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right action (dharma) is clarified through truthful counsel and humility in seeking guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra, presented as a dharmic landscape where devotion and correct procedure are both honored.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seeking authoritative guidance for ritual and dharma (yathā-tatham) is itself treated as proper practice.