Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

पश्वादयः पृथग्भूतास्तथान्ये बहवो ह्यमी । पृथक्पृथक्समीचीना गुणवतश्च संसृतौ

Transliteration

paśvādayaḥ pṛthagbhūtāstathānye bahavo hyamī | pṛthakpṛthaksamīcīnā guṇavataśca saṃsṛtau

Translation

Les animaux et les autres existent en espèces distinctes, et il en est bien d’autres encore. Dans le saṃsāra, chacun est accordé à sa condition propre, selon les guṇa.

Word by Word

• पशु-आदयः: animals and others
• पशु-आदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पशवः आदयः); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: separately)

• भूताः: become/being
• भूताः: Predicate/Viśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √भू (धातु) → भूत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle: become); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Emphasis/Reason (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• अमी: these
• अमी: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पृथक्-पृथक्: each separately
• पृथक्-पृथक्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय) + पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reduplicated adverb: separately, each in its own way)

• समीचीनाः: appropriate/fitting
• समीचीनाः: Predicate/Viśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीचीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गुणवतः: possessing qualities
• गुणवतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• संसृतौ: in transmigration/worldly existence
• संसृतौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic voice continuing guṇa-based explanation of embodied diversity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience / devas-ṛṣis in narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic ‘wheel of births’: animals, birds, humans, sages, and devas shown in separate bands, each band tinted by a guṇa color; a calm ascetic/pilgrim stands at the center witnessing without attachment; Kedāra peaks and cedar forests frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Paśus (animals)
• Guṇas
• Saṃsāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Differences among embodied beings are explained through guṇa-conditioned saṃsāra; liberation lies in transcending guṇas through right knowledge and practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse is a doctrinal continuation within Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.