Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

एवमेते दितेः पुत्राः सप्तसप्त व्यवस्थिताः । अनारमंतः संवांति सर्वगाः सर्वधारिणः

Transliteration

evamete diteḥ putrāḥ saptasapta vyavasthitāḥ | anāramaṃtaḥ saṃvāṃti sarvagāḥ sarvadhāriṇaḥ

Translation

Thus are these sons of Diti arranged in groups of seven and seven. Unceasingly they blow forth—moving everywhere, upholding all.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• diteḥ: of Diti
• diteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• putrāḥ: sons
• putrāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sapta-sapta: seven and seven (in sevens)
• sapta-sapta: Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक) + sapta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक द्वन्द्व-समासः; अव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषण (in groups of seven and seven / seven each)

• vyavasthitāḥ: arranged/established
• vyavasthitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + ava + sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त) → vyavasthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• anāramantaḥ: not resting/unceasing
• anāramantaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + ram (धातु) + शतृ (शतृ) with negation a- → anāramant (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; नकारार्थक उपसर्ग ‘अन्-’ (not resting/ceasing)

• saṃvānti: they blow/move together
• saṃvānti: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + vā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• sarvagāḥ: all-pervading/all-going
• sarvagāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (गम् धातु से निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘सर्वत्र गच्छन्ति’/all-going)

• sarvadhāriṇaḥ: supporting all
• sarvadhāriṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + dhārin (धृ धातु से ‘धारिन्’ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘सर्वं धारयन्ति’/supporting all)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāyu-maṇḍala (realm of sustaining winds)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four quarters of the cosmos filled with invisible yet depicted wind-streams; groups of fourteen wind-beings arranged in two sevens, each sending currents that support mountains, oceans, clouds, and stars.

Characters & Entities

• Diti
• sons of Diti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustenance is continuous; the verse praises tireless support of the cosmos—an ethical model for steadfast service (sevā) and duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography is specified here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.