Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

सर्वेषामेव लोकानामैकपद्येन सर्वशः । हर्षो महानभूत्तत्र लक्ष्मीनारायणागमे

Transliteration

sarveṣāmeva lokānāmaikapadyena sarvaśaḥ | harṣo mahānabhūttatra lakṣmīnārāyaṇāgame

Translation

Pour tous les mondes, de toutes parts et en un instant, une grande joie s’éleva là lorsque Lakṣmī et Nārāyaṇa se rejoignirent.

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘सर्वेषाम् (of all)’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• lokānām: of the worlds/people
• lokānām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• eka-padyena: in a single verse
• eka-padyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + padya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘एकं पद्यम्’ इति कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभावः; अर्थतः ‘एकेन पद्येन/एकेन श्लोकेन’

• sarvaśaḥ: entirely, in every way
• sarvaśaḥ: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/व्याप्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb: entirely, in every way)

• harṣaḥ: joy
• harṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: harṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mahān: great
• mahān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• abhūt: arose/was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; अनद्यतनभूत (imperfect)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• lakṣmī-nārāyaṇa-āgame: at the arrival of Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa
• lakṣmī-nārāyaṇa-āgame: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक) + nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘लक्ष्म्या सह नारायणस्य आगमः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (arrival of Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: waves of joy spreading across worlds at the moment Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa come together—suggested through radiating light, blossoming lotuses, and rejoicing beings in multiple realms.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Nārāyaṇa
• All worlds (lokas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The presence and union of the Divine brings universal auspiciousness; spiritual harmony radiates across all realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred geography is the overarching glorified context, though no single tirtha-name appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is stated.