Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

तत्कथ्यतां महाभागे सर्वं शुश्रूषतां हि नः । तच्छ्रुत्वा मधुरं वाक्यमुवाच पितरं प्रति

Transliteration

tatkathyatāṃ mahābhāge sarvaṃ śuśrūṣatāṃ hi naḥ | tacchrutvā madhuraṃ vākyamuvāca pitaraṃ prati

Translation

“اے نہایت سعادت مند خاتون، سب کچھ بیان کرو؛ ہم سننے کے مشتاق ہیں۔” یہ شیریں باتیں سن کر اس نے اپنے پتا کے جواب میں کہا۔

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक

• kathyatām: let it be told
• kathyatām: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘कथ्यताम्’ = let it be told

• mahābhāge: O greatly fortunate one
• mahābhāge: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (महान् भागः यस्याः सा)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• śuśrūṣatām: of us who are eager to listen
• śuśrūṣatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √śruṣ (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle) ‘शुश्रूषत्’; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; ‘नः’ इति सम्बन्धः

• hi: indeed; for
• hi: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये निपातः (particle)

• naḥ: of us
• naḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; अस्मद्-शब्दः

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘श्रुत्वा’ = having heard

• madhuram: sweet
• madhuram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वाक्यम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• vākyam: speech; words
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• pitaram: father
• pitaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prati: towards; to
• prati: Pratiyogin (Directional/प्रत्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय; दिशावाचक/सम्बन्धे (towards; to)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame interlocutors (ṛṣi/sūta audience) mirrored by Himālaya as in-scene listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himālaya and attendants lean forward, requesting the full account; Pārvatī turns toward her father, poised to speak, calm after emotion.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Himavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śuśrūṣā—attentive listening—is treated as a dharmic virtue that prepares one to receive sacred narration and truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred region remains the backdrop; this verse emphasizes the act of hearing (śravaṇa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it highlights śravaṇa (devotional listening) as a valued practice.