Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

ऊचुः परस्परं सर्वे कोऽस्मिन्युद्धे विजेष्यते । तदा नभोगता वाणी उवाच परिसांत्व्य वै

Transliteration

ūcuḥ parasparaṃ sarve ko'sminyuddhe vijeṣyate | tadā nabhogatā vāṇī uvāca parisāṃtvya vai

Translation

彼らは皆、互いに「この戦いで誰が勝利するだろうか」と言い合った。その時、空からの声が彼らを安心させるために真実を告げた。

Word by Word

• ūcuḥ: they said
• ūcuḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• parasparam: to each other
• parasparam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; परस्पर-भावे (reciprocal adverb)

• sarve: all (of them)
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (सर्वे = 'all [of them]')

• kaḥ: who
• kaḥ: Karta (Subject of vijeṣyate/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yuddhe: battle
• yuddhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vijeṣyate: will be victorious
• vijeṣyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ji (जि धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग vi-

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• nabhogatā: gone into the sky; sky-borne
• nabhogatā: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nabhas (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (गम् धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास ('nabhas-i gatā'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of vāṇī)

• vāṇī: a voice
• vāṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• parisāṃtvya: having consoled
• parisāṃtvya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pari + sāṃtvay (सान्त्वय् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'having consoled'; उपसर्ग pari-

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थ/खल्वर्थ (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; the quoted ‘voice from the sky’ is an anonymous divine announcement

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Celestial beings clustered in anxious conversation, pointing toward the battlefield; above them, an unseen voice manifests as radiant script-like light or a luminous cloud, calming the assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Guhyakas
• Divine voice (ākāśavāṇī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma seems uncertain, divine assurance (ākāśavāṇī) steadies the faithful and restores confidence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named in the verse; it is situated within Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.