Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

महेन्द्र मुद्दिश्य तदा ह्युपहाससमन्वितः । अक्षमाश्च वयं सर्वे महेन्द्रेण कृताः सुराः

Transliteration

mahendra muddiśya tadā hyupahāsasamanvitaḥ | akṣamāśca vayaṃ sarve mahendreṇa kṛtāḥ surāḥ

Translation

そのとき彼はマヘーンドラ（インドラ）に目を向け、やわらかな嘲りを含めて言った。「我ら神々は皆、無力にされた——マヘーンドラによって。」

Word by Word

• महेन्द्र: O Mahendra (Indra)
• महेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• उद्दिश्य: addressing/with reference to
• उद्दिश्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्+दिश् (धातु) → उद्दिश्य (कृदन्त, ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• उपहाससमन्वितः: accompanied by ridicule
• उपहाससमन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपहास (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (instrumental/associative sense: ‘endowed with mockery’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अक्षमाः: incapable
• अक्षमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, बहुवचन (common gender usage)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• महेन्द्रेण: by Mahendra (Indra)
• महेन्द्रेण: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• कृताः: made/created
• कृताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Himavān (Himālaya) (as reported by Lomaśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himavān turns toward Indra with a restrained, teasing smile; the Devas appear chastened, acknowledging their incapacity caused by Indra’s actions.

Characters & Entities

• Mahendra (Indra)
• Himavān (Himālaya)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power without right strategy can fail; Purāṇas highlight humility and the need for wise means (upāya) even among the Devas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit; the scene remains within the Himālaya/Kedāra sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is part of a strategic/counsel dialogue.