Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 169

Devanagari script

सनत्कुमारः सुतपा नारदश्चैव तुंबुरुः । पांचजन्यो महाशंखो गदा कौमोदकी तथा

Transliteration

sanatkumāraḥ sutapā nāradaścaiva tuṃburuḥ | pāṃcajanyo mahāśaṃkho gadā kaumodakī tathā

Translation

Dort waren Sanatkumāra, Sutapā, Nārada und Tumburu zugegen; ebenso Pāñcajanya, die große Muschel, und die Keule Kaumodakī.

Word by Word

• सनत्कुमारः: Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत्कुमार (प्रातिपदिक; सनत् + कुमार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — masculine nominative singular; proper name

• सुतपाः: Sutapā
• सुतपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतपस्/सुतपा (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — masculine nominative singular; proper name ‘Sutapā’

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

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

• तुम्बुरुः: Tumburu
• तुम्बुरुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुम्बुरु (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• पाञ्चजन्यः: Pāñcajanya
• पाञ्चजन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चजन्य (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — masculine nominative singular; name of Viṣṇu’s conch

• महाशङ्खः: the great conch
• महाशङ्खः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक; महा + शङ्ख)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — masculine nominative singular; ‘great conch’

• गदा: mace
• गदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — feminine nominative singular; ‘mace’

• कौमोदकी: Kaumodakī
• कौमोदकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमोदकी (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — feminine nominative singular; name of Viṣṇu’s mace

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/तुल्यताबोधक) — indeclinable ‘also/likewise’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within Kedāra narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada with vīṇā and Tumburu as celestial musician stand near the Lord; the great conch Pāñcajanya and mace Kaumodakī appear as radiant, personified emblems or held by Viṣṇu; the scene hums with sacred music.

Characters & Entities

• Sanatkumāra
• Sutapā
• Nārada
• Tumburu
• Pāñcajanya
• Kaumodakī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wisdom (ṛṣis) and sacred sound (conch, divine musicians) accompany divine protection, showing dharma is guarded by both knowledge and power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṣīrābdhi is the divine setting where these beings and emblems are beheld.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the conch and divine names imply remembrance and praise (stuti) as devotional practice.