Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं केदारस्य महीपते । माहात्म्यं शुभदं नृणां सर्व पापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kedārasya mahīpate | māhātmyaṃ śubhadaṃ nṛṇāṃ sarva pāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

ഹേ മഹീപതേ! കേദാരത്തിന്റെ ഈ സമസ്ത മഹാത്മ്യം നിനക്കു വിശദമായി പറഞ്ഞു—ഇത് മനുഷ്യർക്കു മംഗളപ്രദവും സർവ്വപാപനാശകവും ആകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• te: to you/your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• sarvam: all, everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणवत्

• ākhyātam: has been told/declared
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (आख्याधातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘told/declared’

• kedārasya: of Kedāra
• kedārasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kedāra (केदार-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mahīpate: O king
• mahīpate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīpati (महीपति-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• māhātmyam: the greatness, sacred glory
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (माहात्म्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• śubhadam: bestowing auspiciousness
• śubhadam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhada (शुभद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying māhātmyam)

• nṛṇām: of men/people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (नृ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• sarva: all
• sarva: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying pāpapraṇāśanam)

• pāpapraṇāśanam: destruction of sins
• pāpapraṇāśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (पाप-प्रातिपदिक) + praṇāśana (प्रणाशन-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य प्रणाशनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (māhīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya concludes his discourse, addressing the king: the greatness of Kedāra is auspicious and destroys all sins—depict a didactic closing with calm authority and receptive humility.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kedāra’s māhātmya is framed as universally auspicious and purificatory, emphasizing pāpa-kṣaya through sacred connection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāranātha is explicitly glorified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it summarizes the promised phala of Kedāra’s māhātmya.