Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

अनया किं कृतं पूर्वं केयं कस्य प्रसादतः । तदा ज्ञानं च ऋषिणा तत्सर्वं ज्ञानचक्षुषा । विस्मयेन समाविष्टस्तूष्णींभूतोऽभवत्तदा

Transliteration

anayā kiṃ kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ keyaṃ kasya prasādataḥ | tadā jñānaṃ ca ṛṣiṇā tatsarvaṃ jñānacakṣuṣā | vismayena samāviṣṭastūṣṇīṃbhūto'bhavattadā

Translation

“นางได้ทำกรรมใดไว้ในกาลก่อน? นางคือผู้ใด และด้วยพระกรุณาของผู้ใดจึงเป็นเช่นนี้?” ครั้นแล้วฤๅษีผู้มีดวงตาแห่งญาณก็หยั่งรู้ทั้งหมด และเมื่อถูกความพิศวงครอบงำ ก็สงบนิ่งเงียบในขณะนั้น

Word by Word

• anayā: by/with this (woman/one)
• anayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण) विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘इदम्’ (अनया) — Feminine, Instrumental case, Singular (by/with this [woman/one])

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम — Neuter, Accusative, Singular (what)

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past passive participle ‘done’

• pūrvam: formerly, before
• pūrvam: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — Indeclinable adverb (formerly/before)

• kā: who (is she)
• kā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम — Feminine, Nominative, Singular (who/which [she])

• iyam: this (she)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम — Feminine, Nominative, Singular (this [she])

• kasya: of whom, whose
• kasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम — Genitive, Singular (of whom/whose)

• prasādataḥ: from (the) grace
• prasādataḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान) विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘-तः’ = पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग — Ablative, Singular (from/through the grace)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — Indeclinable adverb (then)

• jñānam: knowledge
• jñānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular (knowledge)

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

• ṛṣiṇā: by the sage
• ṛṣiṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular (by the sage)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular (that)

• sarvam: all, entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular (all/entire)

• jñāna-cakṣuṣā: with (his) eye of knowledge
• jñāna-cakṣuṣā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ज्ञानस्य चक्षुः) — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular (with the eye of knowledge)

• vismayena: with astonishment
• vismayena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular (with astonishment)

• samāviṣṭaḥ: overcome, possessed
• samāviṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-viś (धातु)
• Form: सम्+आ+विश्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle (entered/overcome)

• tūṣṇīm-bhūtaḥ: having become silent
• tūṣṇīm-bhūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tūṣṇīm (अव्यय) + bhū (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; ‘तूष्णीम्’ + ‘भूत’(क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘having become silent’

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperfect, 3rd person singular (became/was)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — Indeclinable adverb (then)

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa Kedārakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Himalayan hermitage near Kedāra: a sage pauses mid-inquiry, eyes turned inward as if seeing past lives; the atmosphere is charged with wonder, then settles into profound silence.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣi (sage)
• Śiva (implied as source of prasāda)
• Kedāra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hidden past merit and Śiva’s grace can stand behind humble devotion; true insight recognizes this and responds with reverent awe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred setting frames the narrative, where Śiva’s prasāda manifests through acts connected to his temple.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; the verse explains the recognition of unseen merit and divine grace arising from prior devotion.