Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15
Devanagari script
विद्युता मेडितः सूर्यः सेंद्रचापघनो यथा । अग्रतस्तस्य भगवान्धनेशो गुह्यकैः सह
Transliteration
vidyutā meḍitaḥ sūryaḥ seṃdracāpaghano yathā | agratastasya bhagavāndhaneśo guhyakaiḥ saha
Translation
Tel le soleil entouré d’éclairs au sein d’un nuage de pluie portant l’arc d’Indra (l’arc-en-ciel), devant lui allait le Bienheureux Seigneur Dhaneśa (Kubera), avec les Guhyakas.
Word by Word
विद्युताby lightning
विद्युता:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्युत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) एकवचन
मेडितःencircled/covered (by flashes)
मेडितः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमेडित (कृदन्त; √मेड् (धातु) क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)
सूर्यःthe sun
सूर्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन
सेंद्रचापघनःa cloud with a rainbow
सेंद्रचापघनः:
Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootस + इन्द्रचाप + घन (प्रातिपदिक); समास
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/विशेषणसमास ‘इन्द्रचापेन सहितः घनः’ (cloud with rainbow)
यथाjust as
यथा:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formउपमावाचक/यथार्थक अव्यय (as/just as)
अग्रतःin front
अग्रतः:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअग्रतः (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place: in front)
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन
धनेशःDhanēśa (Kubera, lord of wealth)
धनेशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधन + ईश (प्रातिपदिक); समास
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘धनस्य ईशः’
गुह्यकैःwith the Guhyakas
गुह्यकैः:
Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootगुह्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) बहुवचन
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formसहार्थक अव्यय (with)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Ahead of Śiva’s chariot moves Kubera, radiant like the sun within a lightning-laced raincloud arched by a rainbow; Guhyakas surround him as a glittering escort.
Characters & Entities
D
Dhaneśa (Kubera)G
GuhyakasI
Indra (via indracāpa)FAQs
All powers—wealth, guardians, and celestial hosts—move in harmony when aligned with the Lord’s presence and purpose.
No specific sacred site is mentioned in this verse.
None.