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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

हे देवाः श्रूयतां वाक्यं प्रस्तावसदृशं महत् । शैलादिं च पुरस्कृत्य सर्वे यूयं त्वरान्विताः । अवतारान्प्रकुर्वन्तु वानरीं तनुमाश्रिताः

Transliteration

he devāḥ śrūyatāṃ vākyaṃ prastāvasadṛśaṃ mahat | śailādiṃ ca puraskṛtya sarve yūyaṃ tvarānvitāḥ | avatārānprakurvantu vānarīṃ tanumāśritāḥ

Translation

“Ô Devas, écoutez une grande instruction, digne de l’instant. Prenant Śaila et les autres pour chefs, vous tous, avec hâte, manifestez des avatāra en revêtant des corps de la race des vānara.”

Word by Word
हेO!
हे:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothe (अव्यय)
Formसम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)
देवाःgods
देवाः:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन
श्रूयताम्let it be heard
श्रूयताम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन
वाक्यम्statement/words
वाक्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvākya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
प्रस्ताव-सदृशम्befitting the occasion
प्रस्ताव-सदृशम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprastāva + sadṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वाक्यम्)
महत्great
महत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वाक्यम्)
शैल-आदिम्the mountain and others (as foremost)
शैल-आदिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśaila + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
पुरस्कृत्यhaving placed in front / having honored
पुरस्कृत्य:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpuraskṛ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाले (having done previously)
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
यूयम्you (all)
यूयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyūṣmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formउत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
त्वरा-अन्विताःendowed with haste
त्वरा-अन्विताः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottvarā + anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying यूयम्/सर्वे)
अवतारान्incarnations/descents
अवतारान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootavatāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
प्रकुर्वन्तुlet them undertake/perform
प्रकुर्वन्तु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + kṛ (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन
वानरीम्monkey-like (female-form adjective)
वानरीम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvānarī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तनुम्)
तनुम्body/form
तनुम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottanu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
आश्रिताःhaving taken refuge in / having assumed
आश्रिताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootā + śri (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगार्थे (used adjectivally of the subject)
Speaker

Vāsudeva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra (narrative setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assembly of sages/pilgrims (frame audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly where a commanding deity instructs the devas to take vānarī forms, with Śaila and other leaders foregrounded; sense of haste and resolve.

Characters & Entities
V
Vāsudeva
D
Devas
Ś
Śaila (as named in verse)
V
Vānara (monkey-kind)

FAQs

Dharma is upheld through coordinated divine effort; even gods accept humble forms to serve a righteous purpose.

Not directly; the verse is part of Kedārakhaṇḍa’s narrative flow rather than a tīrtha-phalāśruti.

None; it is a strategic command (ājñā) about taking forms to accomplish a cosmic task.

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