Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

अन्यो न दृश्यते लोके याज्ञिको यो हि तत्र वै । शक्रासनेऽभिषे कार्यं श्रूयतां हि द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

anyo na dṛśyate loke yājñiko yo hi tatra vai | śakrāsane'bhiṣe kāryaṃ śrūyatāṃ hi dvijottamāḥ

Translation

In der Welt ist dort kein anderer geeigneter Opferpriester zu sehen. Darum muss die Salbung (Abhiṣeka) für Indras Thron vollzogen werden—hört zu, o beste der Brahmanen.

Word by Word

• अन्यः: another
• अन्यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: निपात (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• दृश्यते: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is seen/appears)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• याज्ञिकः: a sacrificer/priest
• याज्ञिकः: कर्ता (Appositional subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-यः (relative pronoun)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/causal particle)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• वै: certainly
• वै: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• शक्रासने: on Indra's throne
• शक्रासने: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शक्रस्य आसनम्)

• अभिषे: at the consecration
• अभिषे: अधिकरण (Occasion/setting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग) + सिच् (धातु) → अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative: at the consecration)

• कार्यम्: a task/what should be done
• कार्यम्: कर्म (Object/that to be done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भाव/कर्तव्यता (that which is to be done)

• श्रूयताम्: let (it) be heard
• श्रूयताम्: क्रिया (Imperative predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (let it be heard)

• हि: indeed
• हि: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of Brahmins
• द्विजोत्तमाः: सम्बोधन/कर्ता (Addressed audience)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (उत्तमाः द्विजाः)

Speaker

Narrator addressing sages (contextually Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ (best of Brahmins) and the assembled devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A spokesman in the deva assembly declares that no other sacrificer is fit; the focus turns to Indra’s throne and the impending abhiṣeka rite.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Dvijottamas (Brahmins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual competence and rightful consecration uphold cosmic and social order; authority must be established through dharmic procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative world; this verse emphasizes a royal-sacral act rather than a pilgrimage spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An abhiṣeka (consecration/anointing) connected with Śakra’s seat (Śakrāsana) is prescribed.