Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

गणानां चैव कोट्या च तथा षष्टिसहस्रकैः । एवं तत्र गणैर्देव आवृतो वृषभध्वजः

Transliteration

gaṇānāṃ caiva koṭyā ca tathā ṣaṣṭisahasrakaiḥ | evaṃ tatra gaṇairdeva āvṛto vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

Translation

Avec un crore de gaṇas et encore soixante mille de plus—ainsi, là, le dieu Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva, dont l’étendard porte le taureau) fut entouré par ses troupes.

Word by Word

• गणानाम्: of the gaṇas
• गणानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• कोट्या: by a crore
• कोट्या: Sahakarana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• षष्टिसहस्रकैः: by sixty-thousands (groups of sixty thousand)
• षष्टिसहस्रकैः: Sahakarana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि + सहस्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; द्विगुसमासः (षष्टिः सहस्रकाणि)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• गणैः: by the gaṇas
• गणैः: Sahakarana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• आवृतः: surrounded; encompassed
• आवृतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + वृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक ‘covered/surrounded’

• वृषभध्वजः: the one whose banner is a bull (Śiva)
• वृषभध्वजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘वृषभः ध्वजः यस्य सः’ (Śiva)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Himavat Śaiva kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision: Śiva (bull-bannered) at the center, surrounded by an ocean of gaṇas—countless ranks extending into the Himalayan distance.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇas
• Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Where Śiva abides, that place becomes spiritually fortified—divine presence transforms geography into a field of protection and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-Himālaya region is being exalted through the depiction of Śiva’s presence, though no single tirtha-name appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.