Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

हे देवाः क्रियतामाशु मम वाक्यं हि तत्त्वतः । शिवात्मजो यदा देवा भविष्यति महाबलः

Transliteration

he devāḥ kriyatāmāśu mama vākyaṃ hi tattvataḥ | śivātmajo yadā devā bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ

Translation

« Ô dieux, accomplissez sans tarder ma parole, en toute vérité : lorsque paraîtra le fils de Śiva—ô dieux—il sera d’une grande puissance. »

Word by Word

• he: O
• he: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: he (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बोधन-निपात

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, बहुवचन

• kriyatām: let (it) be done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (‘let it be done’)

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (quickly)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• vākyam: word / instruction
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• tattvataḥ: truly / in reality
• tattvataḥ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in truth, truly)

• śiva-ātmajaḥ: Śiva’s son
• śiva-ātmajaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘son of Śiva’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yadā: when
• yadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (when)

• devāḥ: O gods
• devāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, बहुवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahābalaḥ: very strong
• mahābalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘great strength’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (śivātmajaḥ)

Speaker

Aśarīrā-vāṇī (heavenly disembodied voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Skanda’s advent (Kumāra-janma) as pan-Indian sacred theme; Kedāra frame

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas (with Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant proclamation from the sky instructs the devas to act quickly; in the visionary space, the future figure of Śiva’s mighty son is implied—perhaps as a luminous silhouette with spear (śakti).

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Śiva
• Śivātmaja (Skanda/Kumāra implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is restored through Śiva’s will; divine solutions arise in their proper time, and humans/devas must cooperate with that plan.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly; the prophecy occurs within the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instruction to act swiftly is given, but no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna is described here.