Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

संमिलित्वा सुरान्सर्वांस्त्वया साकं त्वरान्विताः । आराधनार्थं गच्छामो विष्णुं सर्वेश्वरेश्वरम्

Transliteration

saṃmilitvā surānsarvāṃstvayā sākaṃ tvarānvitāḥ | ārādhanārthaṃ gacchāmo viṣṇuṃ sarveśvareśvaram

Translation

„Versammle alle Götter, und mit dir — eilends — wollen wir gehen, um Viṣṇu zu verehren, den Herrn der Herren aller.“

Word by Word

• संमिलित्वा: having assembled/met
• संमिलित्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + मिल् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• सुरान्: the gods
• सुरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying सुरान्)

• त्वया: by/with you
• त्वया: Sahakāraka/Instrument (सह/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• साकम्: together with
• साकम्: Association marker (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक अव्यय (with/together)

• त्वरान्विताः: endowed with haste, in urgency
• त्वरान्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (त्वरया अन्विताः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (te/वयं implied)

• आराधनार्थम्: for the purpose of worship
• आराधनार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराधन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठीभावार्थ: ‘आराधनस्य अर्थः’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (purpose)

• गच्छामः: we go
• गच्छामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वेश्वरेश्वरम्: the Lord of all lords
• सर्वेश्वरेश्वरम्: Apposition/Qualifier (उपपद-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + ईश्वर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (सर्वेषाम् ईश्वराणाम् ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विष्णुम्-विशेषण/उपाधि

Speaker

Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrārṇava (mythic)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (implied speaker) urges Indra to gather all devas quickly and proceed to worship Viṣṇu, titled ‘Lord of the lords’.

Characters & Entities

• Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā)
• Indra (Śakra)
• Suras (Devas)
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In calamity, the devas themselves take refuge in devoted worship; surrender to the Supreme is the sure remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points toward the Kṣīrārṇava (Ocean of Milk) setting in the subsequent narration, rather than a terrestrial tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Viṣṇu is prescribed as the course of action.