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
大地之主啊，我已将这一切尽为你宣说：凯达拉的吉祥大功德，赐福于众生，能灭除一切罪垢。
Word by Word
etatthis
etat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
teto you/your
te:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
sarvamall, everything
sarvam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणवत्
ākhyātamhas been told/declared
ākhyātam:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√khyā (आख्याधातु) + kta (क्त)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘told/declared’
kedārasyaof Kedāra
kedārasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootkedāra (केदार-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
mahīpateO king
mahīpate:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahīpati (महीपति-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन
māhātmyamthe greatness, sacred glory
māhātmyam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmāhātmya (माहात्म्य-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन
śubhadambestowing auspiciousness
śubhadam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśubhada (शुभद-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying māhātmyam)
nṛṇāmof men/people
nṛṇām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛ (नृ-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
sarvaall
sarva:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying pāpapraṇāśanam)
pāpapraṇāśanamdestruction of sins
pāpapraṇāśanam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpāpa (पाप-प्रातिपदिक) + praṇāśana (प्रणाशन-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-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
K
Kedāra (Śiva)FAQs
Kedāra’s māhātmya is framed as universally auspicious and purificatory, emphasizing pāpa-kṣaya through sacred connection.
Kedāra/Kedāranātha is explicitly glorified.
No specific rite; it summarizes the promised phala of Kedāra’s māhātmya.