Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्र केदारदेवं च गत्वा नित्यं समाहिता । प्रातरुत्थाय गीतं च भक्त्या चक्रे तदग्रतः

Transliteration

tatra kedāradevaṃ ca gatvā nityaṃ samāhitā | prātarutthāya gītaṃ ca bhaktyā cakre tadagrataḥ

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น นางไปเฝ้าพระเกดารเทพทุกวันด้วยจิตตั้งมั่น ครั้นรุ่งอรุณตื่นขึ้นก็ขับร้องบทสรรเสริญด้วยศรัทธาต่อหน้าพระองค์

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Locative sense/स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• केदारदेवम्: Kedāradeva (Lord of Kedāra)
• केदारदेवम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदारदेव (प्रातिपदिक; केदार + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

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

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having gone)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/नित्यं = always)

• समाहिता: composed, concentrated
• समाहिता: कर्ता (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (समाहित)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (मनःसमाधानयुक्ता)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: कालाधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb of time)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक (having risen)

• गीतम्: song, chant
• गीतम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक; गा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: करण (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• चक्रे: did, performed
• चक्रे: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्णभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• तदग्रतः: in front of him/it
• तदग्रतः: अधिकरण (Locative sense/स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अग्रतस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्यय (स्थानवाचक: ‘तस्य अग्रतः’ = in front of him/it)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāradeva (as a tīrtha/temple focus in Nāgara-khaṇḍa narrative)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, a devoted brāhmaṇa woman approaches the Kedāra deity with folded hands and begins singing before the shrine; lamps glow, the sanctum is calm, and her posture shows steady concentration.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāradeva (Śiva at Kedāra)
• Brāhmaṇī (a Brahmin woman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent daily devotion—especially dawn worship and heartfelt singing—anchors the mind and draws divine grace at a holy site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāreśvara (Lord Śiva worshiped as Kedāradeva).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rising at dawn, visiting the deity daily, and offering bhakti through gīta (devotional song) before Kedāradeva.