Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं सम्यक्केदाराख्यं सविस्तरम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं सर्वदुःखप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ samyakkedārākhyaṃ savistaram | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhapraṇāśanam

Translation

இவ்வாறு ‘கேதாரம்’ எனப்படும் திருத்தலத்தை உனக்கு முறையாகவும் விரிவாகவும் உரைத்தேன். அது புண்ணியமயம்; எல்லாப் பாவங்களையும் அகற்றும், எல்லாத் துயரங்களையும் அழிக்கும்.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (2nd/Accusative or 4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘to you/for you’ (contextually dative)

• kathitam: told, narrated
• kathitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathita (प्रातिपदिक; √kath + क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘has been told’

• samyak: properly, completely
• samyak: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• kedārākhyam: called ‘Kedāra’
• kedārākhyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kedāra (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (kedāra-ākhyam = ‘named Kedāra’)

• savistaram: in detail
• savistaram: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (प्रातिपदिक) + vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• sarvapāpaharam: remover of all sins
• sarvapāpaharam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sarveṣāṃ pāpānāṃ haraḥ)

• puṇyam: meritorious, holy
• puṇyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarvaduḥkhapraṇāśanam: destroyer of all sorrow
• sarvaduḥkhapraṇāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sarvasya duḥkhasya praṇāśanam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding scene: narrator-sage gestures toward a radiant Kedāra-tīrtha landscape; a subtle aura signifies ‘sarva-pāpa-hara’ and ‘sarva-duḥkha-praṇāśana’.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Puṇya
• Pāpa
• Duḥkha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha centered on Śiva (Kedāra) is praised as a direct means to purification—removing pāpa and alleviating duḥkha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra (Kedāra-liṅga/tīrtha) situated in the Bhṛgu-kṣetra context of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse summarizes the māhātmya; earlier verses mention worship of Kedāra, tīrtha-snān, and śrāddha.