Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सेवंतां सकला लोकाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः । गणाश्च विविधा भूमौ मानुषं भावमास्थिताः

Transliteration

sevaṃtāṃ sakalā lokāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ | gaṇāśca vividhā bhūmau mānuṣaṃ bhāvamāsthitāḥ

Translation

Mögen alle Welten dich verehren, zusammen mit den Siddhas und den höchsten ṛṣis; und mögen die mannigfachen Gaṇas auf Erden, menschliche Gesinnung annehmend, dir ebenfalls dienen.

Word by Word

• सेवन्ताम्: let (them) serve
• सेवन्ताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; ‘let them serve’

• सकलाः: all
• सकलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies लोकाः)

• लोकाः: worlds/people
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सिद्धाः: Siddhas
• सिद्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

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

• परमर्षयः: supreme sages
• परमर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘परमाः ऋषयः’

• गणाः: attendant hosts
• गणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

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

• विविधाः: various
• विविधाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies गणाः)

• भूमौ: on earth
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• मानुषम्: human
• मानुषम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies भावम्)

• भावम्: state/nature
• भावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आस्थिताः: having assumed
• आस्थिताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘having assumed/entered’ (predicate of गणाः)

Speaker

Kamalānātha (Brahmā) (deduced from immediate context leading to shloka 41)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand worship scene at Arunachala: humans, siddhas, and sages offer flowers and lamps; Śiva’s gaṇas appear with subtle non-human traits yet adopt human demeanor, blending into the crowd while serving.

Characters & Entities

• Siddha
• Paramarṣi
• Gaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sacredness draws worship across realms—humans, sages, and divine hosts alike—showing Aruṇācala’s universal spiritual magnetism.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala, praised as a site worthy of service by beings from all worlds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sevā/upāsanā (reverential service and worship) is invoked as the central devotional practice.