Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

एवमभ्यर्थितो देवैर्मदनो विश्वमोहनः । जगाम त्वरितो भूत्वा अप्सरोभिः समन्वितः

Transliteration

evamabhyarthito devairmadano viśvamohanaḥ | jagāma tvarito bhūtvā apsarobhiḥ samanvitaḥ

Translation

देवों द्वारा इस प्रकार प्रार्थित, विश्व को मोहित करने वाला मदन अप्सराओं सहित शीघ्र ही चल पड़ा।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adverbial (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• अभ्यर्थितः: requested/entreated
• अभ्यर्थितः: Karta (Subject descriptor/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्ग ‘अभि-’

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana/Agent in passive (कर्ता-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मदनः: Madana (Kāma)
• मदनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विश्व-मोहनः: enchanter of the world
• विश्व-मोहनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मोहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय-प्रायः)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• त्वरितः: hurried
• त्वरितः: Adverbial/Qualifier (Manner/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (Absolutive/Gerund)

• अप्सरोभिः: with apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• समन्वितः: accompanied/attended
• समन्वितः: Karta (Subject descriptor/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narration; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Madana, ‘world-enchanter,’ departs immediately, surrounded by apsarases in a moving retinue—music, fragrance, and ornamentation—heading toward the Himalayan Śaiva realm.

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ
• Madana (Kāma)
• Apsarases

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It depicts desire as a powerful cosmic force mobilized even by gods, setting the stage for Śiva’s transcendence over enchantment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit; the broader Kedārakhaṇḍa frames the episode within the sanctified Himālaya-Kedāra region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.