Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 174

Devanagari script

स ददर्श महातेजा विरोचनसुतो महान् । दंडवत्पतितो भूमौ ननाम शिरसा बटुम्

Transliteration

sa dadarśa mahātejā virocanasuto mahān | daṃḍavatpatito bhūmau nanāma śirasā baṭum

Translation

พระพลีโอรสแห่งวิโรจนะ ผู้ยิ่งใหญ่และรุ่งเรืองได้ทอดพระเนตรเขา แล้วทรงหมอบลงกับพื้นดุจไม้ท่อน (ทัณฑวัต) ก้มพระเศียรนอบน้อมบัณฑิตพรหมจารีหนุ่ม

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• महातेजाः: of great radiance
• महातेजाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—महत्तेजः यस्य (one of great splendor)

• विरोचनसुतः: son of Virocana
• विरोचनसुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरोचन (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—विरोचनसुतः = विरोचनस्य सुतः

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दण्डवत्: like a staff (fully prostrate)
• दण्डवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दण्डवत् (अव्यय/तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘like a staff’, i.e., prostrate)

• पतितः: fell down
• पतितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) → पतित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having fallen’

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• ननाम: bowed
• ननाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शिरसा: with (his) head
• शिरसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• बटुम्: the boy
• बटुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/seekers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bali, radiant and mighty, beholds the youthful brahmacārin and falls full-length in daṇḍavat on the ground, head bowed at the boy’s feet; the brahmacārin stands serene, luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Bali (Virocana-suta)
• Virocana
• Brahmacārin (Vāmana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True greatness expresses itself as humility—bowing to holiness even when it appears as a simple youth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s sanctity is reflected in the reverential conduct performed within its sacred setting in Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daṇḍavat-praṇāma (full prostration) is demonstrated as an act of reverence.