Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

के दारयामि यत्प्रोक्तं त्वया महिषरूपिणा । केदार इति नाम्ना त्वं ततः ख्यातो भविष्यसि

Transliteration

ke dārayāmi yatproktaṃ tvayā mahiṣarūpiṇā | kedāra iti nāmnā tvaṃ tataḥ khyāto bhaviṣyasi

Translation

“ถ้อยคำที่พระองค์ตรัสไว้เมื่อทรงปรากฏเป็นรูปกระบือ ข้าพเจ้าจะรับไว้และค้ำจุนไว้ ดังนั้นพระองค์จักเป็นที่เลื่องลือในนามว่า ‘เกดาระ’ ต่อแต่นี้ไป”

Word by Word

• के: which (ones)/what (things)
• के: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)

• दारयामि: I cause to split / I split
• दारयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (Causative: दारयति)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• प्रोक्तम्: spoken/said
• प्रोक्तम्: Karman (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन (contextually object-qualifier)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महिषरूपिणा: by (you) in the form of a buffalo
• महिषरूपिणा: Karana (Instrument/Agent-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थक (महिषरूपः) विशेषण

• केदारः: Kedāra (name/place)
• केदारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Marker of quotation/name)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle)

• नाम्ना: by the name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Means: by the name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: therefore/then
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/therefore; adverb)

• ख्यातः: renowned/called
• ख्यातः: Karta-predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: you will be
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Indra (continuing his declaration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra speaks before Śiva who is associated with a buffalo-form episode; the landscape hints at a sacred pasture/field (kedāra) with a spring; a subtle buffalo iconography appears in banners or relief.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Śiva
• Mahiṣarūpa (buffalo form)
• Kedāra (name/title)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred names preserve sacred deeds; a tīrtha’s very name becomes a memorial of divine action and faithful commitment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra—presented here as a Śaiva sacred place whose fame is established through this naming.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite; the verse provides the naming/renown (khyāti) foundation for Kedāra’s later worship and pilgrimage merit.