Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

प्रदीपानां सहस्रेण दीपनीयः सदाशिवः । तथा दीपशतेनापि द्वात्रिंशद्दीपमालया

Transliteration

pradīpānāṃ sahasreṇa dīpanīyaḥ sadāśivaḥ | tathā dīpaśatenāpi dvātriṃśaddīpamālayā

Translation

Sadāśiva hendaklah dimuliakan dengan penyalaan seribu pelita. Demikian juga, dengan seratus pelita sekalipun, atau dengan rangkaian tiga puluh dua pelita, Dia patut dihormati dengan cahaya.

Word by Word

• प्रदीपानाम्: of lamps
• प्रदीपानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• सहस्रेण: with a thousand
• सहस्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• दीपनीयः: to be illuminated
• दीपनीयः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीपनीय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दीप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनीयर्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: to be illuminated)

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा (अव्यय) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सदा शिवः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (thus/likewise)

• दीपशतेन: with a hundred lamps
• दीपशतेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दीपानां शतम्)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थ (even/also)

• द्वात्रिंशत्: thirty-two
• द्वात्रिंशत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वा-त्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः; दीपमालया इति पदस्य विशेषणम् (numeral used adjectivally)

• दीपमालया: with a garland/row of lamps
• दीपमालया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दीपानां माला)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śiva shrine at dusk: thousands of small lamps blaze around a liṅga; alternative scenes show 100 lamps and a 32-lamp garland arranged symmetrically, devotees in reverent rows.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering light to Śiva symbolizes removing inner darkness; even modest lamp offerings done with devotion are praised.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra (Kedarnath) within the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the Skanda Purana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-sevā: lighting many lamps—up to a thousand, or a hundred, or a 32-lamp garland—as an offering to Sadāśiva.