Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

भुंजतो विविधान्भोगान्देववद्विचरंति ते । इंद्रेण सहिताः सर्वे संसारे च पतंत्यथ

Transliteration

bhuṃjato vividhānbhogāndevavadvicaraṃti te | iṃdreṇa sahitāḥ sarve saṃsāre ca pataṃtyatha

Translation

Sie genießen mannigfache Freuden und wandeln wie Götter, alle zusammen mit Indra; doch danach fallen sie wieder in den Saṃsāra zurück.

Word by Word

• भुञ्जतः: (they) enjoy
• भुञ्जतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (Dual); परस्मैपद

• विविधान्: various
• विविधान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देववत्: like gods
• देववत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देव + वत् (प्रातिपदिक; वत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of comparison: 'like a god')

• विचरन्ति: they roam
• विचरन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चर् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• इन्द्रेण: with Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Sahakaraka / Karana (Instrument/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सहिताः: accompanied
• सहिताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त; √सह् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• संसारे: in the world (cycle of existence)
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-समुच्चय (conjunction 'and')

• पतन्ति: they fall
• पतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle: 'then/thereupon')

Speaker

Kālanemi (continuing speech, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame, typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Celestial beings enjoy divine pleasures with Indra in a radiant svarga-court, but a shadow of falling back into worldly existence looms behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Saṃsāra
• Asuras (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even heavenly pleasure is temporary; without liberation, beings return to saṃsāra—hence the higher aim is mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra remains the broader textual locus; this verse gives a general doctrine rather than a site-specific praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.