Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तथैव देवासुरयक्षदानवा नागाः पतंगाप्सरसो महर्षयः । समेत्य सर्वे परिवक्तुमीशमूचुस्तदानीं शिरसा प्रणम्य

Transliteration

tathaiva devāsurayakṣadānavā nāgāḥ pataṃgāpsaraso maharṣayaḥ | sametya sarve parivaktumīśamūcustadānīṃ śirasā praṇamya

Translation

Ebenso versammelten sich Devas, Asuras, Yakṣas, Dānavas, Nāgas, Vögel, Apsaras und große Ṛṣis allesamt. Mit geneigtem Haupt in Verehrung redeten sie daraufhin gemeinsam zu Īśa (Śiva).

Word by Word

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• देव-असुर-यक्ष-दानवाः: gods, asuras, yakṣas, and dānavas
• देव-असुर-यक्ष-दानवाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• नागाः: nāgas (serpent beings)
• नागाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• पतंग-अप्सरसः: birds and apsarases
• पतंग-अप्सरसः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतंग (प्रातिपदिक) + अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (अप्सरसः-प्रधान), प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक; महा+ऋषि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• समेत्य: having assembled/come together
• समेत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समस्त-समूहवाचक

• परिवक्तुम्: to address/speak to
• परिवक्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि+वच् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• ईशम्: the Lord (Śiva)
• ईशम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ऊचुः: they said
• ऊचुः: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदानीम्: then/at that time
• तदानीम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• शिरसा: with (their) head
• शिरसा: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र+नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition, Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast assembly—devas, asuras, yakṣas, dānavas, nāgas, birds, apsarases, and maharṣis—gathers and bows in unison, then addresses Śiva with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa (Śiva)
• Devas
• Asuras
• Yakṣas
• Dānavas
• Nāgas
• Apsarases
• Maharṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to the Lord is universal: all classes of beings honor Śiva when cosmic dharma is being affirmed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Kedārakhaṇḍa Himalayan sacred context rather than naming a single tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing with the head) is shown as the appropriate devotional gesture before addressing the Lord.