Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तदा ते बद्धवैराश्च देवदैत्याः परस्परम् । अन्योन्यमभिसंरब्धा जगर्जुः परमाद्भुतम्

Transliteration

tadā te baddhavairāśca devadaityāḥ parasparam | anyonyamabhisaṃrabdhā jagarjuḥ paramādbhutam

Translation

حينئذٍ اندفع الدِّيفات والدايتيّات، وقد اشتدّت عداوتهم وتوثّقت، بعضُهم إلى بعض؛ متأجّجين على بعضهم، فأطلقوا زئيرًا مدهشًا غايةَ الدهشة.

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• baddha-vairāḥ: with enmity bound/firm
• baddha-vairāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: baddha (कृदन्त; √bandh धातु, क्त) + vaira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे—‘बद्धं वैरं येषाम्’ = having fixed enmity

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• deva-daityāḥ: gods and demons
• deva-daityāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः—‘देवाश्च दैत्याश्च’

• parasparam: at each other, mutually
• parasparam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: परस्पर-शब्दः अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (reciprocal adverb)

• anyonyam: one another
• anyonyam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyonya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अन्योन्य-शब्दः अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (reciprocal adverb)

• abhisaṃrabdhāḥ: enraged
• abhisaṃrabdhāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi+sam+√rabh/√rambh (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘enraged/infuriated’

• jagarjuḥ: roared
• jagarjuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √garj (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• parama-adbhutam: most wonderfully
• parama-adbhutam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘परमम् अद्भुतम्’ (as adverbial accusative: exceedingly wondrously)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas and daityas surge forward simultaneously, faces fierce, mouths open in thunderous roars; dust and wind rise; weapons lifted; the space between armies collapses.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked hostility (vaira) intensifies into collective delusion and violence; Dharma requires mastering anger rather than feeding it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader narrative belongs to Kedāra-kṣetra (Kedārakhaṇḍa), though this verse itself focuses on the war episode rather than direct tīrtha praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is stated in this verse.