Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तस्य देवस्य माहात्म्यात्केदारस्य महीपतेः । राज्यं ते सुखदं नृणां तथा निहतकण्टकम्

Transliteration

tasya devasya māhātmyātkedārasya mahīpateḥ | rājyaṃ te sukhadaṃ nṛṇāṃ tathā nihatakaṇṭakam

Translation

မြေရှင်မင်း၊ ကေဒါရ ဟူသော ထိုဒေဝ၏ မဟာတန်ခိုးကြောင့် သင်၏နိုင်ငံသည် လူတို့အတွက် ချမ်းသာသုခ၏ အရင်းအမြစ် ဖြစ်လာပြီး အနှောင့်အယှက်နှင့် ရန်သူတို့ (ဆူးများ) ကို ဖျက်ဆီးနိုင်ခဲ့၏။

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यात्: from/through the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी-अपादान), एकवचन

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

• महीपतेः: of the king
• महीपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपतिः (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• राज्यम्: kingdom, rule
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी-सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (ते = तुभ्यम्)

• सुखदम्: giving happiness
• सुखदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (राज्यम्)

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

• तथा: and also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/उपपद (adverb/conjunctive)

• निहतकण्टकम्: with thorns removed; free of troubles
• निहतकण्टकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निहत (कृदन्त; √हन् (धातु) + नि-, क्त) + कण्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (निहतः कण्टकः यस्मिन् तत्); विशेषण (राज्यम्)

Speaker

Unnamed narrator (within Pulastya’s narration-context in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The king (māhīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kedāra’s linga radiates; the king’s realm is shown flourishing—peaceful towns, safe roads, subdued enemies—symbolizing ‘nिहतकण्टकम्’.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Kedāra (Śiva) is presented as producing social welfare—peace, stability, and removal of obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāranātha, praised as a powerful Śaiva sacred center whose māhātmya protects and uplifts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicitly here; the verse states the fruit (phala) of Kedāra’s greatness.