Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

एवं विश्राव्य भगवान्स हि देवो वृषध्वजः । सुरान्प्रबोधयामास तथा ऋषिगणान्मुनीन्

Transliteration

evaṃ viśrāvya bhagavānsa hi devo vṛṣadhvajaḥ | surānprabodhayāmāsa tathā ṛṣigaṇānmunīn

Translation

Nachdem er so gesprochen hatte, erweckte und unterwies der erhabene Herr—Śiva, dessen Banner der Stier ist—die Götter und ebenso die Scharen der ṛṣis und munis, der weisen Asketen.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• विश्राव्य: having proclaimed / having made (them) hear
• विश्राव्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √श्रु (धातु) (causative sense ‘to make hear’) + ल्यप्
• Form: अव्ययभाव (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having caused (them) to hear / having proclaimed’

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; apposition to भगवान्/सः

• वृषध्वजः: he whose banner is the bull (Śiva)
• वृषध्वजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘वृषः ध्वजः यस्य सः’

• सुरान्: the gods
• सुरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• प्रबोधयामास: awakened, instructed
• प्रबोधयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √बुध् (धातु) (णिच् causative: बोधयति)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; periphrastic perfect usage

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (likewise)

• ऋषिगणान्: groups of sages
• ऋषिगणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; ‘ऋषीणां गणान्’

• मुनीन्: sages
• मुनीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; apposition to ऋषिगणान्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: devas and ṛṣis (collective audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva with bull-banner insignia, seated or standing as guru, addressing a semicircle of devas and sages; gestures of instruction, attentive faces, a sense of awakening like dawn breaking over mountains.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Vṛṣadhvaja)
• Devas
• Ṛṣis
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is portrayed as the supreme teacher who awakens both gods and sages to right understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Kedārakhaṇḍa (Kedāra sacred region), though this verse is narrative rather than a tīrtha-phala statement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates Śiva’s instruction and awakening of the divine assembly.