Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
सायंकेदारकेदारकेदारेति त्रिरुच्चरन् । गृहेपि निवसन्नूनं यात्राफलमवाप्नुयात्
Transliteration
sāyaṃkedārakedārakedāreti triruccaran | gṛhepi nivasannūnaṃ yātrāphalamavāpnuyāt
Translation
หากยามเย็นผู้ใดเปล่งนาม ‘เกดาระ เกดาระ เกดาระ’ สามครั้ง แม้อยู่เรือนก็ย่อมได้ผลแห่งการจาริกแสวงบุญโดยแน่นอน
Word by Word
सायम्in the evening
सायम्:
कालाधिकरण (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसायम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
केदार“Kedāra”
केदार:
सम्बोधन/उच्चारण (Utterance)
TypeNoun
Rootकेदार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मन्त्र/उच्चारण-शब्दरूपे (vocative-like usage)
केदार“Kedāra”
केदार:
सम्बोधन/उच्चारण (Utterance)
TypeNoun
Rootकेदार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति
केदार“Kedāra”
केदार:
सम्बोधन/उच्चारण (Utterance)
TypeNoun
Rootकेदार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति
इतिthus
इति:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यादि-निपात (quotative particle)
त्रिःthrice
त्रिः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्रिः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; संख्यावाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency)
उच्चरन्uttering
उच्चरन्:
कर्ता (Agent)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-√चर् (धातु) → उच्चरन् (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्तरि, ‘he who utters’
गृहेin the house
गृहे:
अधिकरण (Locus)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
अपिeven
अपि:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle), ‘even/also’
निवसन्dwelling
निवसन्:
कर्ता (Agent)
TypeAdjective
Rootनि-√वस् (धातु) → निवसन् (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्तरि
ऊनम्certainly
ऊनम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऊन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावे/क्रियाविशेषणरूपे अव्ययप्रयोगः; निश्चयार्थे (certainly)
यात्राफलम्the fruit of the pilgrimage
यात्राफलम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootयात्रा + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यात्रायाः फलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अवाप्नुयात्would obtain
अवाप्नुयात्:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootअव-√आप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker
Śiva
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra (nāma as tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A householder at evening twilight sits near a lamp, hands in añjali or holding mālā, softly chanting ‘Kedāra’ thrice; in vision, Kedāra peak and the Kedāreśa shrine appear above the flame.
Characters & Entities
K
KedāraFAQs
The divine name carries the tīrtha’s power; sincere remembrance can confer pilgrimage-like merit.
Kedāra is glorified through its name, presented as spiritually potent even from afar.
Evening japa: chant ‘Kedāra’ three times (trir-uccāraṇa).