Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं केदारस्य च संभवम् । आख्यानं ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ kedārasya ca saṃbhavam | ākhyānaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, കേദാരത്തിന്റെ ഉത്ഭവവും പ്രാകട്യവും ഉൾപ്പെടെ ഇതെല്ലാം നിങ്ങളോട് പറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു। ഈ ആഖ്യാനം സർവ്വപാപനാശിനിയാണ്।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter pronoun, Nom./Acc., Singular

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (एन्क्लिटिक) — Gen./Dat., Plural

• सर्वम्: all; the whole
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular (qualifying implied ‘matter’)

• आख्यातम्: has been narrated
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ख्या (धातु) आ-उपसर्ग
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Past passive participle used predicatively: “has been told”

• केदारस्य: of Kedāra
• केदारस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• संभवम्: origin; manifestation
• संभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभव (प्रातिपदिक; √भू (धातु) सम्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आख्यानम्: the narrative; account
• आख्यानम्: Karma (Appositional object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक; √ख्या (धातु) आ-उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः: O best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (vocative sense by address)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; √नश् (धातु) णिच्/ल्युट्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्व-पातक-नाशन); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular (qualifying आख्यानम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage concludes the Kedāra origin story before an attentive brāhmaṇa assembly; behind them, a symbolic vision of Kedāranātha temple and the Himalayan landscape appears, signifying the ‘sambhava’ just narrated.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and preserving a tīrtha’s sacred history is itself a purifier; the story functions as dharma-teaching and sin-destroyer.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra—its saṃbhava (origin) and greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) of the Kedāra-ākhyāna is presented as a spiritually efficacious act.