Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं केदारस्य महीपते । माहात्म्यं शुभदं नृणां सर्व पापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kedārasya mahīpate | māhātmyaṃ śubhadaṃ nṛṇāṃ sarva pāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

اے زمین کے حاکم! کَیدار کی یہ ساری باتیں میں نے تمہیں سنا دیں—یہ اس کی بابرکت عظمت ہے جو انسانوں کے تمام گناہوں کو مٹا دیتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• te: to you/your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• sarvam: all, everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणवत्

• ākhyātam: has been told/declared
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (आख्याधातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘told/declared’

• kedārasya: of Kedāra
• kedārasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kedāra (केदार-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mahīpate: O king
• mahīpate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīpati (महीपति-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• māhātmyam: the greatness, sacred glory
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (माहात्म्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• śubhadam: bestowing auspiciousness
• śubhadam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhada (शुभद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying māhātmyam)

• nṛṇām: of men/people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (नृ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• sarva: all
• sarva: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying pāpapraṇāśanam)

• pāpapraṇāśanam: destruction of sins
• pāpapraṇāśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (पाप-प्रातिपदिक) + praṇāśana (प्रणाशन-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य प्रणाशनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (māhīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya concludes his discourse, addressing the king: the greatness of Kedāra is auspicious and destroys all sins—depict a didactic closing with calm authority and receptive humility.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kedāra’s māhātmya is framed as universally auspicious and purificatory, emphasizing pāpa-kṣaya through sacred connection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāranātha is explicitly glorified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it summarizes the promised phala of Kedāra’s māhātmya.