Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

यानियानीह रुद्रस्य चरितानि महांत्यपि । श्रुतानि परमाण्येव भूयः किं कथयामि वः

Transliteration

yāniyānīha rudrasya caritāni mahāṃtyapi | śrutāni paramāṇyeva bhūyaḥ kiṃ kathayāmi vaḥ

Translation

यानि यानि इह रुद्रस्य महान्ति चरितानि, तानि परमाण्येव पूर्वं श्रुतानि; भूयः किमहं वः पुनः कथयामि?

Word by Word

• yāni: which (things)
• yāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.)

• yāni: which (things)
• yāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• rudrasya: of Rudra
• rudrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Masculine, Gen., Sg.)

• caritāni: deeds, exploits
• caritāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: carita (कृदन्त; √car (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participial noun)

• mahānti: great
• mahānti: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.)

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle; ‘even/also’)

• śrutāni: heard
• śrutāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śruta (कृदन्त; √śru (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• paramāṇi: supreme, excellent
• paramāṇi: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.)

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• bhūyaḥ: further, again
• bhūyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: again/further)

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Acc., Sg.); प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative)

• kathayāmi: do I tell, narrate
• kathayāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु)
• Form: लट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present indicative, 1st sg., Parasmaipada)

• vaḥ: to you / of you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, बहुवचन (Gen./Dat., Pl.)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sūta-narrator in an āśrama assembly gently closes a section on Rudra’s deeds; sages sit attentive with palm-leaf manuscripts and water-pots, Himalaya hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narration reaches completeness; the listener’s fulfillment is a sign of successful śravaṇa and reverent reception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Kedāra via the Kedārakhaṇḍa setting; the verse functions as a narrative transition rather than a site-glorification verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies the completion of a kathā/śravaṇa cycle.