Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 116

Devanagari script

अनेनैव प्रकारेण लब्धराज्यः पुरंदरः । जातस्तदामरावत्यां राजा सह महात्मभिः

Transliteration

anenaiva prakāreṇa labdharājyaḥ puraṃdaraḥ | jātastadāmarāvatyāṃ rājā saha mahātmabhiḥ

Translation

Auf eben diese Weise gewann Purandara (Indra) sein Reich zurück; und dann wurde er in Amarāvatī wieder König, zusammen mit den großherzigen göttlichen Wesen.

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (Instrumental singular of idam)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• प्रकारेण: by the manner/way
• प्रकारेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• लब्धराज्यः: having obtained the kingdom
• लब्धराज्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्ध (√लभ् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त) + राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारयवत्/निर्धारण): ‘लब्धं राज्यं यस्य’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• पुरंदरः: Purandara (Indra)
• पुरंदरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरंदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• जातः: was born/became
• जातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जात (√जन् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘जातः’ = ‘was born/became’ (past passive participle used predicatively)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अमरावत्याम्: in Amarāvatī
• अमरावत्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Locative singular)

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable governing तृतीया)

• महात्मभिः: with great-souled ones
• महात्मभिः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (सह/करण), बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

Speaker

Narrator (Deductive: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas (implied by purāṇic setting)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, once dispossessed, is shown re-enthroned in Amarāvatī among devas, with subtle संकेत of Kedāra’s grace—Śiva’s emblem or Himalayan aura behind the narrative.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Purandara)
• Amarāvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When power is regained through dharmic conduct and humility, rulership becomes stable and legitimate.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra context frames the account; Amarāvatī is mentioned as Indra’s seat rather than a pilgrimage site here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it concludes the narrative consequence of earlier respectful conduct toward sages.