Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तदा ददर्श तत्रैव लोकसंहारकारकम् । ब्रह्माणं चैव रुद्रं च विष्णुं चैव सदाशिवम्

Transliteration

tadā dadarśa tatraiva lokasaṃhārakārakam | brahmāṇaṃ caiva rudraṃ ca viṣṇuṃ caiva sadāśivam

Translation

Da erblickte er dort sogleich den Urheber der Weltenauflösung—Brahmā, Rudra, Viṣṇu und Sadāśiva.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• ददर्श: he saw
• ददर्श: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• लोकसंहारकारकम्: causing the destruction of the worlds
• लोकसंहारकारकम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + संहार + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्; समासः—लोकस्य संहारं करोति इति (causing dissolution of the worlds)

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• सदाशिवम्: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः—सदा शिवः (ever-auspicious Śiva)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand epiphany: Gaṇeśa beholds Brahmā, Rudra, Viṣṇu, and Sadāśiva together—dissolution power palpable, yet ordered and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Rudra
• Viṣṇu
• Sadāśiva
• Loka-saṃhāra (cosmic dissolution)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic powers (creation, preservation, dissolution) are beheld together, pointing to a supreme Shaiva reality culminating in Sadāśiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra narrative environment is the frame; the vision underscores Kedāra as a place where cosmic truths are revealed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the verse is visionary and theological.