Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

मुमोह च पुनः संज्ञां प्रतिलभ्य प्रयत्नतः । ननाम शिरसा ताभ्यामीशाभ्यां स गणेश्वरः

Transliteration

mumoha ca punaḥ saṃjñāṃ pratilabhya prayatnataḥ | nanāma śirasā tābhyāmīśābhyāṃ sa gaṇeśvaraḥ

Translation

Он снова лишился чувств; затем, с усилием придя в сознание, тот Владыка ган склонил голову перед двумя Божественными Владыками.

Word by Word

• मुमोह: he became deluded/fainted
• मुमोह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• संज्ञाम्: consciousness/sense
• संज्ञाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• प्रतिलभ्य: having regained
• प्रतिलभ्य: Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति+लभ् (धातु) + क्त्वा-ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund): ‘having regained’

• प्रयत्नतः: with effort
• प्रयत्नतः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रयत्नतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘with effort/strenuously’

• ननाम: he bowed
• ननाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• शिरसा: with (his) head
• शिरसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• ताभ्याम्: to/with those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), द्विवचनम्; ‘by those two’

• ईशाभ्याम्: by the two Lords
• ईशाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, द्विवचनम्; ‘by the two lords’ (Śiva-Śakti)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• गणेश्वरः: Gaṇeśvara (lord of the gaṇas)
• गणेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—गणानाम् ईश्वरः (lord of the gaṇas)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṇeśa collapses in awe, then rises and bows with head to the ground before two divine sovereigns (Īśas), in a charged stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśvara (Gaṇeśa)
• Two Īśas (likely Śiva and Śakti / the divine pair)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mystical experience should mature into humility and reverence toward the Supreme—expressed as bowing to the Divine Lords.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra setting frames the encounter, reinforcing Kedāra’s Shaiva atmosphere of awe, surrender, and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies namaskāra (prostration/bowing) as a devotional response, though no formal rite is detailed.