Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

ततस्तदुपरोधेन तथेति च मयोदितम् । तदारभ्य महादेवि स्नानात्केदारकुंडतः

Transliteration

tatastaduparodhena tatheti ca mayoditam | tadārabhya mahādevi snānātkedārakuṃḍataḥ

Translation

ครั้นเพราะการทัดทานเร่งรัดนั้น เราจึงกล่าวว่า “ตถาสตุ—ขอให้เป็นเช่นนั้น” นับแต่นั้นมา โอ้มหาเทวี ผลนี้บังเกิดจากการสรงสนาน ณ เกดารกุณฑะ

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (तद्-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: ततः = तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपम्, अव्ययवत् (then/thereafter)

• तत्-उपरोधेन: due to that insistence/pressure
• तत्-उपरोधेन: Hetu (Cause/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (तद्-सर्वनाम) + उपरोध (उपरोध-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य उपरोधः = his/that obstruction/insistence)

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/so)

• इति: thus (quoting)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (अस्मद्-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचनम्

• उदितम्: was said/uttered
• उदितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+वद्/वच् (वद्/वच्-धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘उदितम्’ = उक्तम् (said/uttered)

• तद्-आरभ्य: from then on
• तद्-आरभ्य: Sambandha (Temporal/starting point)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (तद्-सर्वनाम) + आरभ्य (आ-रभ् धातु, ल्यप्-अव्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘starting from that’

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (महादेवी-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्

• स्नानात्: from/after bathing
• स्नानात्: Apadana (Source/अपा दान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (स्नान-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचनम्; हेत्वर्थे/अपादानार्थे (from/after bathing)

• केदारकुण्डतः: from the Kedāra pool
• केदारकुण्डतः: Apadana (Source/अपा दान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदारकुण्ड (केदार + कुण्ड)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (केदारस्य कुण्डम्)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from direct address to Mahādevī/Gaurī and first-person vow-like statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedārakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī petitions; Śiva, moved by her insistence, grants assent. The scene shifts to a sacred kuṇḍa where pilgrims bathe, the water shimmering with sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Kedārakuṇḍa
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is formalized through a vow: Śiva consents to make the tīrtha’s snāna spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakuṇḍa in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Kedārakuṇḍa is indicated as the key act whose fruits are being established.