Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

याचस्व तस्य चास्थीनि दधीचेः कार्यगौरवात् । गुरुणा सहितः शक्रो देवैः सह समन्वितः

Transliteration

yācasva tasya cāsthīni dadhīceḥ kāryagauravāt | guruṇā sahitaḥ śakro devaiḥ saha samanvitaḥ

Translation

„Wegen der Schwere der Aufgabe geh und erbitte die Gebeine Dadhīcis.“ So brach Śakra (Indra), zusammen mit seinem Lehrer und von den Devas begleitet, gemeinsam auf.

Word by Word

• yācasva: request; beg
• yācasva: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yāc (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (2nd person singular)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• asthīni: bones
• asthīni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (neuter, accusative plural)

• dadhīceḥ: of Dadhīci
• dadhīceḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadhīci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, genitive singular)

• kārya-gauravāt: because of the importance of the task
• kārya-gauravāt: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक) + gaurava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: कार्यस्य गौरवम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, ablative singular)

• guruṇā: with the preceptor
• guruṇā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, instrumental singular)

• sahitaḥ: accompanied; together with
• sahitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of śakraḥ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक; √sah (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/भावे), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (past participle used adjectivally; masculine nominative singular)

• śakraḥ: Śakra (Indra)
• śakraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• devaiḥ: with the gods
• devaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masculine, instrumental plural)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Comitative marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक (with/together with)

• samanvitaḥ: accompanied; attended
• samanvitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of śakraḥ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-anvita (प्रातिपदिक; sam-√i (धातु) + क्त/क्तवत्-भाव)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (past participle; masculine nominative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dadhīci-āśrama (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, with Bṛhaspati (guru) and a retinue of devas, sets out on a luminous path toward a forest hermitage; the mood is urgent, reverent, and weighty, foreshadowing a great sacrifice.

Characters & Entities

• Dadhīci
• Śakra (Indra)
• Guru (Bṛhaspati)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great causes are served through humility and righteous request, honoring the virtue of selfless giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred region (Kedārakhaṇḍa) forms the backdrop, presenting the Himalaya-āśrama landscape as a field of dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on dharmic yācñā (request) and the ideal of dāna.