Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

गच्छध्वं सर्व एवैते येन्ये ह्यत्र समागताः । स्वंस्वं स्थानं यताजोषं सेव्यतां परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

gacchadhvaṃ sarva evaite yenye hyatra samāgatāḥ | svaṃsvaṃ sthānaṃ yatājoṣaṃ sevyatāṃ parameśvaraḥ

Translation

„Geht nun alle fort, die ihr euch hier versammelt habt. Kehrt ein jeder an euren eigenen, angemessenen Ort zurück, und dort—eurem Stand gemäß—verehrt Parameśvara (Śiva, den höchsten Herrn).“

Word by Word

• gacchadhvam: go (you all)
• gacchadhvam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ete)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• ete: these (people)
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• anye: other
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ye इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (for/indeed)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• samāgatāḥ: have assembled
• samāgatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ye anye इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• svam: one's own
• svam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (sthānam)

• svam: (each) his own
• svam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each his own)

• sthānam: place, abode
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yatājoṣam: as you wish, at your pleasure
• yatājoṣam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā + joṣam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; क्रियाविशेषणम् (as one pleases/according to liking)

• sevyatām: let (him) be served
• sevyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sev (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-भावे (let ... be served)

• parameśvaraḥ: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative; likely an authoritative divine/commanding voice aligned with Śaiva instruction)

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion is steady and disciplined—worship Śiva from wherever one is, in a manner appropriate to one’s dharma and capacity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in the Kedārakhaṇḍa context (Kedāra/Himālaya sacred geography), though this specific line emphasizes worship practice rather than naming a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It prescribes sevanā/upāsanā—worship of Parameśvara—performed in one’s own place according to propriety (yathā-śakti/yathā-yogya).