Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

भगवानुवाच । यूयं सर्वे कृतार्थाश्च जाता दैवेन केनचित् । अद्योपावाससंयुक्ता अमृतस्याधिवासनम्

Transliteration

bhagavānuvāca | yūyaṃ sarve kṛtārthāśca jātā daivena kenacit | adyopāvāsasaṃyuktā amṛtasyādhivāsanam

Translation

Der erhabene Herr sprach: „Ihr alle habt wahrlich euer Ziel erreicht, durch eine gewisse göttliche Fügung. Heute, da ihr mit der Observanz des upavāsa (Fastens) verbunden seid, seid ihr geeignet geworden für die Weihe und den Empfang des amṛta, des Nektars gleich der Unsterblichkeit.“

Word by Word

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे वक्ता-निर्देशः

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Sambodhyah (Addressee/सम्बोध्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री/नपुं (त्रिलिङ्ग-सर्वनाम), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यूयम्)

• कृतार्थाः: fulfilled; having achieved the goal
• कृतार्थाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यूयम्); समासः: कृतः अर्थः यस्य (कृत+अर्थ)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• जाताः: born; become
• जाताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यूयम्)

• दैवेन: by fate; by divine dispensation
• दैवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• केनचित्: by someone/something (unspecified)
• केनचित्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अनिर्दिष्ट-विशेषणार्थ (someone/ something)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• उपावास: fasting
• उपावास: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचन (समासपूर्वपदत्वेन)

• संयुक्ताः: joined with; accompanied by
• संयुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+युज् (धातु) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यूयम्)

• अमृतस्य: of nectar; of immortality
• अमृतस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अधिवासनम्: consecration; sanctifying preparation (infusion)
• अधिवासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधि+वास (धातु) + अधिवासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; वाक्ये कर्म/विधेयभावसम्भवः

Speaker

Bhagavān (Śiva, in Kedāra context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Daityas/Asuras (addressed collectively)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhagavān (Śiva) addresses assembled beings in a Himalayan sacred setting, declaring them fulfilled and fit for an amṛta-like consecration due to their upavāsa.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fasting (upavāsa) performed with sacred intent is praised as a divinely guided act that ripens one’s life-purpose and prepares the seeker for higher, nectar-like spiritual fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in the Kedārakhaṇḍa, situating its teaching within the glory-literature of Kedāra (Kedāranātha/Kedāra-tīrtha) under the Māheśvara Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (religious fasting) is explicitly mentioned as the observance undertaken “today,” presented as a sanctifying discipline that qualifies one for the ensuing sacred benefit.