Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 158

Devanagari script

विश्वेदेवास्तथा साध्या रुद्रा गुह्यककिन्नराः । आदित्याः शक्रसंयुक्ताः समेत्य परमेश्वरीम्

Transliteration

viśvedevāstathā sādhyā rudrā guhyakakinnarāḥ | ādityāḥ śakrasaṃyuktāḥ sametya parameśvarīm

Translation

Die Viśvedevas und die Sādhyas, die Rudras, die Guhyakas und Kinnaras sowie die Ādityas zusammen mit Śakra (Indra) kamen herbei und versammelten sich vor der höchsten Göttin.

Word by Word

• viśve-devāḥ: the Viśvedevas
• viśve-devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘all-gods’ = Viśvedevas), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tathā: and likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/तुल्यताबोधक (also/likewise)

• sādhyāḥ: the Sādhyas
• sādhyāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• rudrāḥ: the Rudras
• rudrāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• guhyaka-kinnarāḥ: the Guhyakas and Kinnaras
• guhyaka-kinnarāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guhyaka (प्रातिपदिक) + kinnara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative: ‘Guhyakas and Kinnaras’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ādityāḥ: the Ādityas
• ādityāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• śakra-saṃyuktāḥ: accompanied by Śakra (Indra)
• śakra-saṃyuktāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, saṃ-√yuj)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (association: ‘joined with Śakra’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sametya: having assembled, having come together
• sametya: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-√i (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (‘having come together/assembled’)

• parameśvarīm: the Supreme Goddess (Parameśvarī)
• parameśvarīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta-style narration within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (Arbudācala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast celestial congregation—Viśvedevas, Sādhyas, Rudras, Guhyakas, Kinnaras, Ādityas with Śakra—standing in ordered ranks before the radiant Supreme Goddess, with a mountain/forest sacred backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvedevas
• Sādhyas
• Rudras
• Guhyakas
• Kinnaras
• Ādityas
• Śakra (Indra)
• Parameśvarī (Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All divine powers converge in acknowledgment of the One Supreme Shakti who secures the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda/Varaparvata, portrayed as the meeting-ground of celestial beings due to Devī’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, communal worship and reverential assembly; no explicit vrata or dāna is stated.