Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

गते देवगुरौ तस्मिन्विमनस्काऽभवन्सुराः । यक्षा नागाः सगंधर्वा ऋषयोऽपि तथा द्विजाः

Transliteration

gate devagurau tasminvimanaskā'bhavansurāḥ | yakṣā nāgāḥ sagaṃdharvā ṛṣayo'pi tathā dvijāḥ

Translation

Als der göttliche Guru gegangen war, wurden die Götter niedergeschlagen. Yakṣas, Nāgas, Gandharvas und sogar Weise und Brāhmaṇas waren gleichermaßen bekümmert.

Word by Word

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन (locative absolute) भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सप्तमी एकवचन रूपम्; ‘देवगुरौ’ इति सह; when (he) had gone

• देवगुरौ: in/when the guru of the gods (Bṛhaspati)
• देवगुरौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देव + गुरु (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘देवानां गुरुः’); Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Locative, Singular

• विमनस्काः: dejected, dispirited
• विमनस्काः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सुराः इति विशेषणम्; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: became
• अभवन्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Imperfect, 3rd person, Plural

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यक्षाः: yakṣas
• यक्षाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नागाः: nāgas (serpents)
• नागाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सगन्धर्वाः: together with gandharvas
• सगन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘स’ उपसर्गवत् (सहितार्थक) = ‘गन्धर्वैः सह’; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• द्विजाः: brāhmaṇas (twice-born)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

Lomāśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide celestial assembly: devas with lowered faces, yakṣas and nāgas subdued, gandharvas silent with instruments lowered, sages and brāhmaṇas in worried contemplation; the space feels emptied by the guru’s absence.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati (Deva-guru)
• Devas
• Yakṣas
• Nāgas
• Gandharvas
• Ṛṣis
• Dwijas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The presence of a true teacher sustains harmony; when wisdom departs, even great communities lose heart and stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the passage is cosmological and ethical rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.