Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

इति च प्रमदाः सर्वा मिलिता यत्र शंकरः । भिक्षापात्रं च तच्छंभोः पूरितं च महागुणैः

Transliteration

iti ca pramadāḥ sarvā militā yatra śaṃkaraḥ | bhikṣāpātraṃ ca tacchaṃbhoḥ pūritaṃ ca mahāguṇaiḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ สตรีผู้ประเสริฐทั้งปวงได้มาชุมนุม ณ ที่ซึ่งพระศังกรประทับอยู่ และบาตรบิณฑบาตของพระศัมภูก็เต็มเปี่ยมด้วยเครื่องถวายอันเลิศและคุณความดีอันยิ่ง

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रमदाः: women
• प्रमदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (प्रमदाः इति)

• मिलिताः: assembled; gathered
• मिलिताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मिल् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (प्रमदाः इति सह)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भिक्षापात्रम्: alms-bowl
• भिक्षापात्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक) + पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (भिक्षायाः पात्रम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भिक्षापात्रम् इति)

• शंभोः: of Śambhu
• शंभोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूरितम्: filled
• पूरितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (भिक्षापात्रम् इति सह)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• महागुणैः: with great virtues/qualities
• महागुणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (महान्तः गुणाः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of noble women gathers around Śaṅkara; they pour offerings into his begging bowl. The bowl appears symbolically ‘filled with virtues’—radiant, abundant, auspicious.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Śambhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional hospitality—offering with reverence to Śiva—becomes a vessel of great merit and inner virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra (Kedāranātha) within the Kedāra-khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed here; the act implied is anna-dāna/bhikṣā (offering food/alms) to Śiva.