Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

उत्तस्थुर्युगपत्सर्वे देवदैत्यनिशाचराः । ते वै ददृशुरायांतीं रुद्रसेना भयावहाम्

Transliteration

uttasthuryugapatsarve devadaityaniśācarāḥ | te vai dadṛśurāyāṃtīṃ rudrasenā bhayāvahām

Translation

神々もダイティヤも夜にさまよう者たちも、皆いっせいに立ち上がった。彼らは、見るだに恐ろしいルドラの軍勢が迫り来るのを目にした。

Word by Word

• उत्तस्थुः: rose up
• उत्तस्थुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्ग: उत्

• युगपत्: simultaneously
• युगपत्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: युगपत् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: simultaneously)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• देवदैत्यनिशाचराः: gods, demons, and night-rangers
• देवदैत्यनिशाचराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-दैत्य-निशाचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (copulative)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• ददृशुः: saw
• ददृशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• आयान्तीम्: coming/approaching
• आयान्तीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: आ

• रुद्रसेनाम्: Rudra’s army
• रुद्रसेनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र-सेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भयावहाम्: fearsome; bringing fear
• भयावहाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय-आवह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas, daityas, and night-roamers spring up simultaneously as a fearsome Rudra-senā advances, filling the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Daityas
• Niśācaras
• Rudra
• Rudra-senā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All beings—celestial or demonic—are equally shaken when the power of Śiva moves to correct arrogance and offense.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa provides the devotional Shaiva frame; this verse itself centers on the Dakṣa-yajña confrontation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the fearful arrival of Rudra’s forces.