Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

उवाच त्वरया युक्तः पर्वतान्पर्वतेश्वरः । हे मेरो हे निषधकिं गन्धमादन मन्दर । मैनाक क्रियतामद्य शंसध्वं च यथातथम्

Transliteration

uvāca tvarayā yuktaḥ parvatānparvateśvaraḥ | he mero he niṣadhakiṃ gandhamādana mandara | maināka kriyatāmadya śaṃsadhvaṃ ca yathātatham

Translation

แล้วเจ้าแห่งขุนเขา ผู้เร่งร้อนนัก จึงกล่าวแก่เหล่าภูผา: “โอ้เมรุ โอนิษธะ โอกันธมาทนะ โอมันทรา โอไมณากะ—จงให้สำเร็จในวันนี้ จงประกาศและจัดเตรียมทุกสิ่งให้ถูกต้องสมควร”

Word by Word

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person singular

• tvarayā: with haste
• tvarayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• yuktaḥ: joined with, endowed with
• yuktaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yuj (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण — Past participle used adjectivally, Masc Nom Sing (qualifying parvateśvaraḥ)

• parvatān: the mountains
• parvatān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• parvateśvaraḥ: lord of the mountains
• parvateśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पर्वतानाम् ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Tatpuruṣa compound, Masc Nom Sing

• he: O
• he: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: he (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• mero: O Meru
• mero: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: meru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• he: O
• he: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: he (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात

• niṣadha: O Niṣadha
• niṣadha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niṣadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• kim: (and) you? / what?
• kim: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)

• gandhamādana: O Gandhamādana
• gandhamādana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha + mādana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गन्धं मादयति/गन्धेन मादनः इति नाम); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Proper name, Vocative Singular

• mandara: O Mandara
• mandara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• maināka: O Maināka
• maināka: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maināka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• kriyatām: let (it) be done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग — Imperative (passive sense), 3rd person singular: ‘let it be done’

• adya: today, now
• adya: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• śaṃsadhvam: announce, tell
• śaṃsadhvam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śaṃs (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Imperative, 2nd person plural

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• yathā: as, according to
• yathā: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as, according to)

• tatham: so, accordingly
• tatham: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (so, thus)

Speaker

Himālaya (Parvateśvara/Girirāja), within Sūta’s narration (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya / Kedāra sacred frame

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parvateśvara (Himālaya) urgently summons famed mountains as if royal ministers; a grand cosmic council with towering anthropomorphic mountain-deities amid clouds.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya
• Meru
• Niṣadha
• Gandhamādana
• Mandara
• Maināka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Once dharma is understood, action should be prompt—sacred duties are carried out with discipline and proper arrangement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse evokes sacred Himalayan geography within Kedārakhaṇḍa, complementing Kedāra’s wider holy landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it is an instruction to complete necessary preparations and proclamations “as appropriate” (yathātatham).