Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

त्वत्पादपंकजं प्राप्ता वयं सर्वे सुरादयः । ऋषयो देवगंधर्वा विद्याधरमहोरगाः

Transliteration

tvatpādapaṃkajaṃ prāptā vayaṃ sarve surādayaḥ | ṛṣayo devagaṃdharvā vidyādharamahoragāḥ

Translation

Wir alle sind zu deinen Lotosfüßen gelangt—die Götter und die übrigen: die Rishis, die göttlichen Gandharvas, die Vidyādharas und die großen Nāgas.

Word by Word

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पादपंकजम्: lotus-feet (lotus-like feet)
• पादपंकजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद+पङ्कज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राप्ताः: having reached
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्तरि-प्रयोगे विधेय-विशेषणवत् (used predicatively with subject)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सुरादयः: gods and others
• सुरादयः: Karta (Appositional subject/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर+आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देवगंधर्वाः: divine Gandharvas
• देवगंधर्वाः: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव+गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विद्याधरमहोरगाः: Vidyādharas and great serpents
• विद्याधरमहोरगाः: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्याधर+महोरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages) (speaking on behalf of assembled beings)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Kedāranātha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand congregation at Kedāra: devas with crowns, ṛṣis with matted hair, Gandharvas with instruments, Vidyādharas in the sky, and Nāgas coiled in reverence—כולם bowing to Śiva’s lotus feet.

Characters & Entities

• Sura (Devas)
• Ṛṣi
• Gandharva
• Vidyādhara
• Mahoraga (Nāga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True protection begins with surrender: all orders of beings seek refuge at the Lord’s feet.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakṣetra is the implied sacred setting, where devotees approach the Lord’s feet through pilgrimage and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the act emphasized is śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge).