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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ते प्रोचुर्देवकार्यार्थं विज्ञप्तुं शंभुमागता । विज्ञप्तो नंदिना तेन शैलादेन महात्मना । ध्यानस्थितो महादेवः सुरकार्यार्थसिद्धये

Transliteration

te procurdevakāryārthaṃ vijñaptuṃ śaṃbhumāgatā | vijñapto naṃdinā tena śailādena mahātmanā | dhyānasthito mahādevaḥ surakāryārthasiddhaye

Translation

Sie antworteten: „Wir sind gekommen, um Śambhu um der Aufgabe der Götter willen zu bitten.“ Als Nandī—Śilādas großherziger Sohn—ihn so unterrichtet hatte, wandte sich Mahādeva, in Meditation verweilend, der Erfüllung des göttlichen Anliegens zu.

Word by Word
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
प्रोचुःsaid, spoke
प्रोचुः:
Kriya (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद
देवकार्यार्थम्for the purpose of the gods' task
देवकार्यार्थम्:
Prayojana (Purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: देवानां कार्यस्य अर्थः
विज्ञप्तुम्to inform, to request
विज्ञप्तुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + ज्ञप् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable infinitive)
शंभुम्Śambhu (Śiva)
शंभुम्:
Karman (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
आगताःhaving come
आगताः:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/Past passive participle), प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
विज्ञप्तःwas informed, was requested
विज्ञप्तः:
Kriya (Predicate: was informed)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + ज्ञप् (धातु) → विज्ञप्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/Past passive participle), प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
नंदिनाby Nandin
नंदिना:
Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootनन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
तेनby that (one), by him
तेन:
Visheshana (Demonstrative qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
शैलादेनby Śailāda (Nandin's father)
शैलादेन:
Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootशैलाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
महात्मनाby the great-souled (one)
महात्मना:
Visheshana (Qualifier of śailādena)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
ध्यानस्थितःsituated in meditation
ध्यानस्थितः:
Visheshana (Qualifier of mahādevaḥ)
TypeAdjective
Rootध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (कृदन्त)
Formतत्पुरुषः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/locative sense): ध्याने स्थितः; प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
महादेवःMahādeva (Śiva)
महादेवः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारयः (महान् देवः); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
सुरकार्यार्थसिद्धयेfor the accomplishment of the gods' purpose
सुरकार्यार्थसिद्धये:
Sampradana (Dative of purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine: सिद्धि), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः: सुराणां कार्यस्य अर्थस्य सिद्धये
Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa); devas quoted

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nandī (as recipient of devas’ reply) / Śiva (as ultimate addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas declare their mission; Nandī conveys it to Śiva. Śiva is shown seated in deep meditation, yet subtly turning attention toward the devas’ cause.

Characters & Entities
D
Devas
Ś
Śambhu (Śiva)
N
Nandī
Ś
Śilāda
M
Mahādeva

FAQs

Even urgent worldly duties are best fulfilled by approaching the meditative Lord through proper channels, humility, and truthful petition.

Kedāra, where the devas seek Śiva’s aid for cosmic order.

No explicit ritual; the verse foregrounds dhyāna (meditative state) as the backdrop of divine responsiveness.

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