Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

त्वदीयं हि जगत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम् । किमहं तु महादेव तुच्छो भूत्वा ददामि ते

Transliteration

tvadīyaṃ hi jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam | kimahaṃ tu mahādeva tuccho bhūtvā dadāmi te

Translation

“大自在天啊，此整个世界，连同诸天、阿修罗与人类，实皆属于您。我这微末之身，又能奉献您什么呢？”

Word by Word

• tvadīyam: your (belonging to you)
• tvadīyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvadīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeclinable emphatic/causal particle)

• jagat: world/universe
• jagat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• sa-deva-asura-mānuṣam: together with gods, demons, and humans
• sa-deva-asura-mānuṣam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय उपसर्गार्थ) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक) + mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सह-सम्बन्धे) ‘देवैः असुरैः मानुषैः सह’ (neuter nom/acc sg; tatpurusha expressing ‘with’)

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun, neuter nom/acc sg)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (1st person pronoun, nominative singular)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थ (indeclinable, contrast/emphasis)

• mahādeva: O Mahādeva
• mahādeva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः) (masculine vocative singular; karmadharaya)

• tucchaḥ: insignificant/petty
• tucchaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuccha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (masculine nominative singular; adjective)

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘भू’ धातोः (having become)

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (present indicative, 1st person singular, parasmaipada)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन (2nd person pronoun, dative singular)

Speaker

Himavān (Lord of mountains) (deduced from prior verse 29)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himavān stands before Mahādeva in a Himalayan sacred setting, hands folded, expressing that the entire cosmos already belongs to Śiva; the mood is reverent and humble.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Devas
• Asuras
• Humans
• Jagat

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility before the Supreme: when all belongs to Śiva, offering becomes an act of devotion rather than possession-based giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative uses the person of Himavān to sacralize the Himalayan region connected with Kedāra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it expresses devotional humility, the inner basis of all dāna and worship.