Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन संक्षेव्यो भगवाञ्छिवः

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena saṃkṣevyo bhagavāñchivaḥ

Translation

ଏହେତୁ ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରୟାସରେ ଭଗବାନ ଶିବଙ୍କୁ ଭକ୍ତିସହ ସେବା ଓ ପୂଜା କରିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘तद्’)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपं ‘तस्मात्’ कारणार्थे (therefore); अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक); components: सर्व(प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयत्न(प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणार्थे (instrument/means)

• संक्षेव्यः: should be served/attended
• संक्षेव्यः: Vidhi (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + क्षि (धातु) → संक्षेव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भाव्य/विधेयार्थक कृदन्त (तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘should be served/attended’ (gerundive)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘भगवान्’ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

Speaker

Lomaśa (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General audience/pilgrims (implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A succinct teaching moment: the narrator’s injunction visualized as devotees offering wholehearted service to Śiva—hands joined, offerings prepared, minds focused.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wholehearted Śiva-sevā (devoted worship) is upheld as the sure path to spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra as a Śiva-kṣetra is the contextual locus where Śiva’s worship is especially celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General prescription: exert oneself in Śiva worship/service (sevā-upāsanā).