Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

तथान्ये सुरसंघाश्च यक्षचारणगुह्यकाः । आरुह्य वाहनान्येव स्वानिस्वानि प्रतिपिनः

Transliteration

tathānye surasaṃghāśca yakṣacāraṇaguhyakāḥ | āruhya vāhanānyeva svānisvāni pratipinaḥ

Translation

Ebenso bestiegen auch andere Scharen der Götter—Yakṣas, Cāraṇas und Guhyakas—ihre jeweiligen Fahrzeuge, jede Truppe für sich.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise/so
• तथा: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सुर-संघाः: groups of gods
• सुर-संघाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + संघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणां संघाः)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यक्ष-चारण-गुह्यकाः: Yakṣas, Cāraṇas, and Guhyakas
• यक्ष-चारण-गुह्यकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + चारण (प्रातिपदिक) + गुह्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (yakṣāś ca cāraṇāś ca guhyakāś ca)

• आरुह्य: having mounted
• आरुह्य: Kriya-viseshana (Converb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-√रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘आरुह्य’ = having mounted

• वाहनानि: vehicles/mounts
• वाहनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थ

• स्वानि: their own
• स्वानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; स्वकीय (one's own)

• स्वानि: each his own
• स्वानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (distributive emphasis)

• प्रतिपिनः: attendants/followers
• प्रतिपिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘अनुयायिनः/अनुगामिनः’ (followers/attendants)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A widening panorama: multiple celestial companies—gods, Yakṣas, Cāraṇas, Guhyakas—mounting their distinct vehicles in organized formations, like regiments in a divine parade.

Characters & Entities

• Suras
• Yakṣas
• Cāraṇas
• Guhyakas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The universe is a disciplined hierarchy; when dharma is challenged, every class of being takes its appointed role.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the Kedārakhaṇḍa narration around the Dakṣa-yajña crisis.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.