Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अनेकागमसंवीता यथातत्त्वमुदाहृताः । कापालिकानां भेदाश्च प्रोक्ता व्याससमासतः

Transliteration

anekāgamasaṃvītā yathātattvamudāhṛtāḥ | kāpālikānāṃ bhedāśca proktā vyāsasamāsataḥ

Translation

Diese Lehren—auf viele Āgamas gestützt—sind der Wirklichkeit gemäß dargelegt worden. Auch die Einteilungen unter den Kāpālikas wurden beschrieben, sowohl ausführlich als auch knapp.

Word by Word

• अनेकागमसंवीताः: accompanied by many Āgamas / supported by many scriptures
• अनेकागमसंवीताः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक + आगम + संवीत (प्रातिपदिके; सं-वी (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• यथातत्त्वम्: according to reality / as it truly is
• यथातत्त्वम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + तत्त्व (अव्ययीभाव-समास)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• उदाहृताः: were stated / were explained
• उदाहृताः: Kriya (Predicative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय

• कापालिकानाम्: of the Kāpālikas
• कापालिकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कापालिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भेदाः: divisions / types
• भेदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• प्रोक्ताः: were spoken / were taught
• प्रोक्ताः: Kriya (Predicative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय

• व्याससमासतः: briefly / in summary
• व्याससमासतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व्यास + समास + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) — 'in brief/summary'

Speaker

Lomaśa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: Lomaśa enumerates āgama-based teachings and distinguishes Kāpālika divisions, with palm-leaf manuscripts and attentive sages in an āśrama near the Himalayan shrine route.

Characters & Entities

• Āgama
• Kāpālika

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva dharma is presented as Āgama-supported and internally diverse, yet meant to be understood truthfully and carefully.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra remains the narrative setting; the verse emphasizes doctrinal mapping rather than a single local shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it notes the Āgamic grounding and classification of Śaiva groups (including Kāpālikas).