Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शंकरस्य महात्मनः । विष्णुं सर्वे नमस्कृत्य ईडिरे च तदा सुराः

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ | viṣṇuṃ sarve namaskṛtya īḍire ca tadā surāḥ

Translation

مہاتما شنکر کی وہ بات سن کر سب دیوتاؤں نے وِشنو کو سجدۂ تعظیم کیا اور پھر اسی وقت اس کی ستوتی کی۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Pronoun)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• शंकरस्य: of Śaṅkara
• शंकरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नमस्कृत्य: having bowed/saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् + कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• ईडिरे: praised, lauded
• ईडिरे: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईड् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्ष), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (Conjunction)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (Temporal adverb)

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, often Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine assembly in the Himalayan sacred precinct: devas, having heard Śaṅkara’s words, turn together to Viṣṇu, bowing and beginning a unified hymn.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Viṣṇu
• Sura (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and obedience to righteous counsel lead to effective worship; praise follows surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa frames the episode, embedding the devotion within Kedāra’s pilgrimage ethos.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Namaskāra (bowing) and stuti (praise) of Viṣṇu are performed by the devas.