Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

वचो निशम्य देवानां ययातिरमितद्युतिः । कथयामास तत्सर्वं पुण्यशेषं यथार्थतः

Transliteration

vaco niśamya devānāṃ yayātiramitadyutiḥ | kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ puṇyaśeṣaṃ yathārthataḥ

Translation

ครั้นได้สดับวาจาแห่งเหล่าเทวะ ยยาติผู้มีรัศมีหาประมาณมิได้ ก็เล่าถึงบุญกุศลที่สั่งสมไว้ซึ่งยังเหลืออยู่ทั้งหมด ตามความจริงทุกประการ

Word by Word

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म) विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• निशम्य: having heard
• निशम्य: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + शम्/शम (धातु; ‘to hear/attend’) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having heard’

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/Source/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• ययातिः: Yayāti
• ययातिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• अमितद्युतिः: of immeasurable splendor
• अमितद्युतिः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘whose radiance is immeasurable’ (qualifies ययातिः)

• कथयामास: told/related
• कथयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; नामधातु from कथा)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिप्रासिक/कथनार्थे), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd sg (‘told/related’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म) विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular; विशेषणम् (to सर्वम्)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म) विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• पुण्यशेषम्: the remaining merit
• पुण्यशेषम्: Karma (Object/Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म) विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular; तत्पुरुषः: ‘remainder of merit’

• यथार्थतः: truthfully
• यथार्थतः: Adhikaraṇa (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथार्थतः (अव्यय; तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (adverb) — ‘truthfully’

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yayāti, radiant yet composed, begins a detailed narration; devas sit in attentive semicircle; the scene conveys both splendor (amita-dyuti) and restraint (truthful tone).

Characters & Entities

• Yayāti
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit (puṇya) is a real spiritual ‘capital’ in Purāṇic ethics, and truthful self-reporting (yathārthataḥ) is itself a dharmic virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa, oriented to the sanctity of Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra in the Māheśvara Khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna/dāna/japa) is stated in this verse; it focuses on narration of puṇya and dharmic truthfulness.