Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तदा ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च ऋषयो देवदानवाः । तुष्टुवुर्विविधैः सूक्तैर्वेदोपनिपदन्वितैः

Transliteration

tadā brahmā ca viṣṇuśca ṛṣayo devadānavāḥ | tuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ sūktairvedopanipadanvitaiḥ

Translation

Da priesen Brahmā und Viṣṇu, die Weisen, sowie die Scharen der Götter und Dānavas (ihn) mit vielfältigen Hymnen, erfüllt vom Geist der Veden und Upaniṣaden.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• देव-दानवाः: gods and Dānavas
• देव-दानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (देवाश्च दानवाश्च)

• तुष्टुवुः: they praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यविशेषण), तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सूक्तैः: with hymns
• सूक्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• वेद-उपनिषद्-अन्वितैः: endowed with Vedic Upaniṣadic (content)
• वेद-उपनिषद्-अन्वितैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + उपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सूक्तैः इति विशेषण), तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वेदोपनिषद्भिः अन्वितः)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) introducing the hymn

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand semicircle of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, sages, devas and even dānavas stands in reverent posture, chanting layered hymns with Vedic cadence before the radiant Lord.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Ṛṣis
• Devas
• Dānavas
• Veda
• Upaniṣads
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True praise of the Lord harmonizes Purāṇic devotion with Vedic wisdom—bhakti grounded in the highest teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, as the setting where the cosmic assembly offers stuti to Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is stotra-pāṭha (hymn recitation) aligned with Vedic meaning; no specific vrata/dāna is stated.