Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वं शिवमयं ज्ञातव्यं सुविशेषतः । वेदैः पुराणैः शास्त्रैश्च तथौपनिपदैरपि

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaṃ śivamayaṃ jñātavyaṃ suviśeṣataḥ | vedaiḥ purāṇaiḥ śāstraiśca tathaupanipadairapi

Translation

پس خاص طور پر یہ جان لینا چاہیے کہ ہر شے شِو مَی ہے؛ یہ بات ویدوں، پرانوں، شاستروں اور اوپنشدوں میں بھی بیان ہوئی ہے۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular (‘therefore/from that’)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• शिव-मयम्: consisting of Śiva / pervaded by Śiva
• शिव-मयम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समासः: शिवेन मयम् इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (‘filled with Śiva’)

• ज्ञातव्यम्: should be known
• ज्ञातव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘to be known/should be known’

• सुविशेषतः: especially
• सुविशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: ‘especially/very particularly’)

• वेदैः: by the Vedas
• वेदैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• पुराणैः: by the Purāṇas
• पुराणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• शास्त्रैः: by the treatises
• शास्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘also/likewise’)

• उपनिपदैः: by the Upaniṣads
• उपनिपदैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (उपनिषद्-शब्दस्य बहुवचन-रूपम्)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कार-अव्यय (particle: ‘also’)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa narrating to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Inquiring sages/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage points to palm-leaf manuscripts labeled Veda, Purāṇa, Śāstra, Upaniṣad; behind them the cosmos appears as a single Śiva-mandala, with Kedāra peaks at the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Vedas
• Purāṇas
• Śāstras
• Upaniṣads
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture-backed insight: all existence is pervaded by Śiva; cultivate a Śiva-centered understanding of the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the contextual sacred setting within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A cognitive/meditative prescription: know and contemplate the world as śivamaya (filled with Śiva).