Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

श्वेतस्य च महीपस्य श्रीकंठं च नमस्यतः । कालोपि प्रलयं यातः कस्तमीशं न पूजयेत्

Transliteration

śvetasya ca mahīpasya śrīkaṃṭhaṃ ca namasyataḥ | kālopi pralayaṃ yātaḥ kastamīśaṃ na pūjayet

Translation

ஸ்ரீகண்டனை வணங்கிய ஸ்வேத மன்னனுக்காக காலமே அழிவை சந்தித்தது. அப்படியிருக்க, அந்த இறைவனை யார் தான் வழிபட மாட்டார்கள்?

Word by Word

• श्वेतस्य: of Śveta
• श्वेतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of Śveta'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• महीपस्य: of the king
• महीपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of the king'

• श्रीकण्ठम्: Śrīkaṇṭha (Śiva)
• श्रीकण्ठम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — object of salutation; समासः: श्री + कण्ठ

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• नमस्यतः: of one who salutes
• नमस्यतः: Sambandha (Genitive of agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), परस्मैपदी; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of (him) who is saluting'

• कालः: Time (Death)
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — subject

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अर्थः: 'even/also'

• प्रलयम्: dissolution, destruction
• प्रलयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — goal/object with motion verb

• यातः: has gone
• यातः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'gone' (agreeing with कालः)

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — interrogative pronoun

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'him' (referring to Īśa)

• ईशम्: the Lord
• ईशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — object of worship

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदी, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'should worship'

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpa (king) addressed in the verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king named Śveta bows with folded hands before Śrīkaṇṭha; behind them, a symbolic wheel of Time (Kāla-cakra) dissolves into cosmic waters, showing Śiva’s transcendence.

Characters & Entities

• Śveta (King)
• Śrīkaṇṭha (Śiva)
• Kāla (Time)
• Pralaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace transcends even Kāla; reverence to Śrīkaṇṭha is portrayed as a power that overcomes mortality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named in the verse; the emphasis is on the exemplary devotee-king Śveta and Śiva’s supremacy over Time.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Namaskāra (bowing) and pūjā (worship) of Śrīkaṇṭha/Śiva are recommended.