Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 130
Devanagari script
एवं विमृश्य सुचिरं प्रक्षाल्य शिवमंदिरम् । यथागतेन मार्गेण नंदी स्वगृहमागतः
Transliteration
evaṃ vimṛśya suciraṃ prakṣālya śivamaṃdiram | yathāgatena mārgeṇa naṃdī svagṛhamāgataḥ
Translation
ครั้นไตร่ตรองอยู่นานดังนี้ แล้วชำระล้างพระวิหารศิวะให้สะอาด นันทิก็กลับสู่เรือนของตนตามทางเดิมที่มา
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Sambandha (Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formरीत्यर्थ-अव्ययम् (adverb: thus)
विमृश्यhaving considered
विमृश्य:
Kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√मृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (absolutive/gerund): 'having reflected'
सुचिरम्for a long time
सुचिरम्:
Adhikaraṇa (Time span)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचनम् (adverbial accusative: 'for a long time')
प्रक्षाल्यhaving cleansed
प्रक्षाल्य:
Kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√क्षल् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (absolutive/gerund): 'having washed/cleansed'
शिवमन्दिरम्Śiva’s temple
शिवमन्दिरम्:
Karman (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिके)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म/Object), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य मन्दिरम्)
यथागतेनby the same way as (he) came
यथागतेन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Path manner)
TypeAdjective
Rootयथा + आगत (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण/Instrumental), एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभावः (यथा आगतः = as (he) came)
मार्गेणby the path
मार्गेण:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Route)
TypeNoun
Rootमार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण/Instrumental), एकवचनम्
नन्दीNandī
नन्दी:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (कर्ता/Subject), एकवचनम्
स्वगृहम्to his own house
स्वगृहम्:
Karman (Goal)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व + गृह (प्रातिपदिके)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म/Object—गत्यर्थे), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (स्वं गृहं)
आगतःreturned/came
आगतः:
Kriyā (State/Result)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त-कृदन्तः (past participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Nandī washes and cleans the Śiva-temple—sprinkling water, wiping the floor, restoring order—then departs along the same path, mind steadied.
Characters & Entities
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NandīŚ
Śiva (temple)FAQs
Service to the sacred space—cleanliness and care of the shrine—is itself an expression of devotion and responsibility.
Kedāra’s Śiva shrine (Kedārakhaṇḍa setting).
Prakṣālana—washing/cleansing the Śiva temple as a purificatory act connected to worship.