Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कालमुखे सर्वे पतिता नात्र संशयः । सर्वे श्रुतिपरा यूयमिंद्राद्या देवतागणाः

Transliteration

tasmātkālamukhe sarve patitā nātra saṃśayaḥ | sarve śrutiparā yūyamiṃdrādyā devatāgaṇāḥ

Translation

Darum seid ihr alle in den „Mund der Zeit“ gefallen—daran besteht kein Zweifel. Und doch behauptet ihr, die Scharen der Götter, beginnend mit Indra, allesamt der Śruti ergeben zu sein.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• कालमुखे: in the mouth of Time
• कालमुखे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कालस्य मुखे)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पतिताः: fallen
• पतिताः: Predicate complement
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• न: no/not
• न: Negator
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place/subject)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Predicate nominal
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• श्रुतिपराः: devoted to the Veda/scripture
• श्रुतिपराः: Predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (श्रुतौ पराः = devoted to scripture)

• यूयम्: you
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• इन्द्राद्याः: beginning with Indra
• इन्द्राद्याः: Apposition (to यूयम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (इन्द्रः आदिः येषाम्) = ‘beginning with Indra’

• देवतागणाः: hosts of deities
• देवतागणाः: Apposition (to यूयम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवतानां गणाः)

Speaker

Unknown (Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a rebuking deity/sage within the Kedāra context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra and the devatā-gaṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic warning: the gods have fallen into the mouth of Time; the speaker highlights the irony that they proclaim devotion to Śruti while failing in dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devatā-gaṇa
• Kāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even exalted beings are subject to Time; claiming Vedic allegiance is meaningless without dharmic integrity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred region frames the discourse, but this verse focuses on the theological theme of Kāla rather than a tirtha-rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; the verse functions as admonition about conduct and humility.