Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

अच्युतेनैवमुक्तास्ते देवा श्चिंतान्विताभवन् । तदा नभोगता वाणी उवाचाश्वास्य वै सुरान्

Transliteration

acyutenaivamuktāste devā ściṃtānvitābhavan | tadā nabhogatā vāṇī uvācāśvāsya vai surān

Translation

アチュタにそのように告げられると、神々は憂いに満たされた。すると天より声が響き、まことにデーヴァたちを慰めて語った。

Word by Word

• अच्युतेन: by Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• अच्युतेन: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (Manner adverb)

• उक्ताः: spoken to, addressed
• उक्ताः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग प्रथमा बहुवचन; with ते देवाḥ

• ते: those
• ते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• चिन्तान्विताः: filled with चिंता (anxiety)
• चिन्तान्विताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्ता + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; √इ 'to go' with anu + क्त)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अभवन्: became, were
• अभवन्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (Temporal adverb)

• नभोगता: sky-going, in the sky
• नभोगता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नभस् + गत (प्रातिपदिक; √गम् + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); वाणी इति विशेषणम्

• वाणी: a voice
• वाणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्ष), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• आश्वास्य: having consoled
• आश्वास्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + श्वस् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (Emphatic particle)

• सुरान्: the gods
• सुरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (narrator) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, troubled after Viṣṇu’s admission, stand in anxious silence; from the sky descends a luminous voice—depicted as a radiant cloud, a disembodied scriptural glow, or a celestial figure—offering reassurance.

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• Devas (Surāḥ)
• Nabho-gatā Vāṇī (celestial voice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the cosmos trembles, divine guidance arises—reassurance comes from higher authority when dharma is upheld.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra (Kedarnath sacred region), as the setting of the Kedārakhaṇḍa account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual here; the verse introduces the oracle-like instruction that follows.