Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

त्वया ततमिदं विश्वं जगदेतच्चराचरम् । एवं स्तुतिपरोऽभूच्च हिमालयागिरिर्महान् । आगतो नारदस्तत्र ऋषिभिः परिवारितः

Transliteration

tvayā tatamidaṃ viśvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram | evaṃ stutiparo'bhūcca himālayāgirirmahān | āgato nāradastatra ṛṣibhiḥ parivāritaḥ

Translation

Тобою пронизана вся эта вселенная — мир движущийся и недвижимый. Так великий Гималая пребывал, погружённый в хвалу. И тогда туда прибыл Нарада, окружённый риши.

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tatam: spread/pervaded
• tatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tan (धातु) → tata (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (viśvam/jagat)

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• viśvam: universe
• viśvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• jagat: world
• jagat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (jagat)

• cara-acaram: moving and unmoving
• cara-acaram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (इतरेतर: चर + अचर); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (jagat)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय

• stuti-paraḥ: intent on praise
• stuti-paraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stuti (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (stutyāṃ paraḥ = devoted to praise); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (aorist/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• himālaya-giriḥ: the mountain Himālaya
• himālaya-giriḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himālaya (प्रातिपदिक) + giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (हिमालय एव गिरिः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• mahān: great
• mahān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (giriḥ)

• āgataḥ: came/arrived
• āgataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+gam (धातु) → āgata (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतार्थे (functioning as finite: 'came')

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Desha-adhikarana (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• ṛṣibhiḥ: with sages
• ṛṣibhiḥ: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• parivāritaḥ: surrounded/attended
• parivāritaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari+vṛ (धातु) → parivārita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (nāradaḥ)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himālaya continues a stotra declaring Śiva’s pervasion of the entire moving and unmoving universe; as the praise flows, Nārada arrives with a retinue of sages, turning the scene into a grand spiritual convocation.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Himālaya
• Nārada
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeing the divine as all-pervading transforms speech into praise and the place into a living tīrtha of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Himalayan sacred setting of Kedārakhaṇḍa is elevated as a meeting ground for gods and sages, reinforcing its tīrtha-status.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the devotional practice implied is stuti—praising and contemplating Śiva’s all-pervasion.