Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं सम्यक्केदाराख्यं सविस्तरम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं सर्वदुःखप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ samyakkedārākhyaṃ savistaram | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhapraṇāśanam

Translation

یوں میں نے تمہیں کیدار نامی تیرتھ کا بیان ٹھیک طور پر تفصیل سے سنا دیا—یہ نہایت مقدس ہے، تمام گناہوں کو دور کرنے والا اور ہر رنج و غم کو مٹانے والا ہے۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (2nd/Accusative or 4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘to you/for you’ (contextually dative)

• kathitam: told, narrated
• kathitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathita (प्रातिपदिक; √kath + क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘has been told’

• samyak: properly, completely
• samyak: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• kedārākhyam: called ‘Kedāra’
• kedārākhyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kedāra (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (kedāra-ākhyam = ‘named Kedāra’)

• savistaram: in detail
• savistaram: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (प्रातिपदिक) + vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• sarvapāpaharam: remover of all sins
• sarvapāpaharam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sarveṣāṃ pāpānāṃ haraḥ)

• puṇyam: meritorious, holy
• puṇyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarvaduḥkhapraṇāśanam: destroyer of all sorrow
• sarvaduḥkhapraṇāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sarvasya duḥkhasya praṇāśanam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding scene: narrator-sage gestures toward a radiant Kedāra-tīrtha landscape; a subtle aura signifies ‘sarva-pāpa-hara’ and ‘sarva-duḥkha-praṇāśana’.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Puṇya
• Pāpa
• Duḥkha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha centered on Śiva (Kedāra) is praised as a direct means to purification—removing pāpa and alleviating duḥkha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra (Kedāra-liṅga/tīrtha) situated in the Bhṛgu-kṣetra context of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse summarizes the māhātmya; earlier verses mention worship of Kedāra, tīrtha-snān, and śrāddha.