Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

लोमश उवाच । एवं स्तुतो गणेशेन भगवान्भूतभावनः । यदुत्थितं कालकूटं लोकसंहारकारकम्

Transliteration

lomaśa uvāca | evaṃ stuto gaṇeśena bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ | yadutthitaṃ kālakūṭaṃ lokasaṃhārakārakam

Translation

Lomaśa dit : Ainsi loué par Gaṇeśa, le Seigneur Bienheureux, soutien de tous les êtres, porta son regard sur le poison Kālakūṭa qui s’était levé, apte à entraîner la ruine des mondes.

Word by Word

• lomaśaḥ: Lomaśa
• lomaśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lomaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थे अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• stutaḥ: praised
• stutaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stu (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (praised)

• gaṇeśena: by Gaṇeśa
• gaṇeśena: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhūtabhāvanaḥ: nurturer of beings
• bhūtabhāvanaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bhūtānāṃ bhāvanaḥ = nurturer/creator of beings)

• yat: which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• utthitam: arisen
• utthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud√sthā (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (arisen)

• kālakūṭam: Kālakūṭa (deadly poison)
• kālakūṭam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + kūṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (kāla-iva kūṭam / kāla-kūṭa as proper name of poison)

• lokasaṃhārakārakam: causing the destruction of the worlds
• lokasaṃhārakārakam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lokasya saṃhāraṃ karoti iti)

Speaker

Lomaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unnamed audience within the Kedāra kathā frame (traditionally sages/pilgrims)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lomaśa narrates as the scene widens: Śiva, praised by Gaṇeśa, turns toward the rising Kālakūṭa—dark, potent, world-ending—while devas and sages watch in awe and fear.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Gaṇeśa
• Śiva (as Bhūtabhāvana)
• Kālakūṭa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise draws divine intervention: the Lord who sustains beings responds when the worlds face annihilation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra is the broader sacred setting of Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it transitions from hymn to the saving act against the poison.