Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तदा तेन शौनकेन महात्मना । कथयामास तत्सर्वं पुष्कसेन कृतं यत्

Transliteration

evamuktastadā tena śaunakena mahātmanā | kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ puṣkasena kṛtaṃ yat

Translation

یوں جب عظیم النفس شونک نے اسے مخاطب کیا تو اس نے پھر پشکسین کے کیے ہوئے تمام اعمال کو پوری طرح بیان کیا۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: “thus”)

• उक्तः: having been addressed; spoken to
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; “(लॊमशः) उक्तः”

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: “then”)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• शौनकेन: by Śaunaka
• शौनकेन: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; अप्पोज़िशन to “तेन”

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying “शौनकेन”)

• कथयामास: narrated; related
• कथयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying “सर्वम्”)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• पुष्कसेन: by Puṣkasena
• पुष्कसेन: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• कृतम्: done; performed
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; “यत्” इत्यस्य विशेषण

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun referring to “तत्सर्वम्”)

Speaker

Narratorial voice in the Sūta tradition (Lomaharṣaṇa/Lomaśa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaunaka, dignified and radiant, addresses the narrator; the narrator begins recounting the deeds of Puṣkasena, signaling the start of the main legend.

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• Puṣkasena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narratives transmit dharma: hearing the full account of actions and their consequences is itself a purifying purāṇic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region (Kedārakhaṇḍa) as a Śaiva sacred landscape, with the story preparing for a Śiva-liṅga related episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it introduces a detailed narration that will frame later worship/merit.