Home›Skanda Purana›Mahesvara Khanda›Kedara Khanda›Adhyaya 9›Shloka 1
←Previous Verse
Next Verse→

Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

लोमश उवाच । एकदा तु सभामध्य आस्थितो देवराट् स्वयम् । लोकपालैः परिवृतो देवैश्च ऋषिभिस्तथा

Transliteration

lomaśa uvāca | ekadā tu sabhāmadhya āsthito devarāṭ svayam | lokapālaiḥ parivṛto devaiśca ṛṣibhistathā

Translation

Lomāśa sprach: Einst saß der Herr der Götter selbst mitten in der königlichen Versammlung, umgeben von den Hütern der Himmelsrichtungen, von den Göttern und ebenso von den ṛṣis.

Word by Word
लोमशःLomaśa
लोमशः:
Karta (Speaker/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootलोमश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
एकदाonce
एकदा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएकदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
तुindeed/then
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; emphasis/contrast)
सभाassembly
सभा:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootसभा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपदत्वे)
मध्येin the middle
मध्ये:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
आस्थितःseated/standing
आस्थितः:
Karta (Predicate participle of subject)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘आस्थित’ = स्थित/आसीन
देवराट्king of the gods (Indra)
देवराट्:
Karta (Subject apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + राज् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां राजा)
स्वयम्himself
स्वयम्:
Karta-viseshana (Emphasis on subject)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम् (अव्यय)
Formनिपात/अव्यय (reflexive emphatic)
लोकपालैःby/with the guardians of the worlds
लोकपालैः:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/Instrumental of association)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकानां पालाः)
परिवृतःsurrounded
परिवृतः:
Karta (Predicate participle of subject)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-वृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
देवैःby/with gods
देवैः:
Sahakari (Accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
ऋषिभिःby/with sages
ऋषिभिः:
Sahakari (Accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)
Speaker

Lomāśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra seated in a radiant celestial sabhā, encircled by Lokapālas, devas, and ṛṣis; a formal, symmetrical court composition with luminous architecture.

Characters & Entities
L
Lomāśa
I
Indra (Devarāṭ)
L
Lokapālas
D
Devas
Ṛ
Ṛṣis

FAQs

Cosmic order is upheld through assemblies of gods and sages, implying that rule should be guided by dharma and counsel.

No tirtha is named in this verse; it sets a mythic scene within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative frame.

None; it is narrative setup describing the divine court.

←Previous Verse
Next Verse→