Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

इंद्रो देवगणैः सार्द्धं सेवाधर्मपरोऽभवत् । यस्य च्छत्रधरश्चंद्रो वायुश्चामरधृक्तथा

Transliteration

iṃdro devagaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ sevādharmaparo'bhavat | yasya cchatradharaścaṃdro vāyuścāmaradhṛktathā

Translation

ព្រះឥន្ទ្រា ជាមួយកងទេវតាទាំងឡាយ បានឧស្សាហ៍ក្នុងធម៌នៃការបម្រើ; សម្រាប់ព្រះអង្គ ព្រះចន្ទ្រា កាន់ឆត្ររាជ្យ ហើយព្រះវាយុ កាន់ចាមរ ដូចគ្នា។

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• देवगणैः: with the hosts of gods
• देवगणैः: Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवगण (प्रातिपदिक; देव + गण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-निपात (indeclinable meaning 'together/with')

• सेवाधर्मपरः: devoted to the duty of service
• सेवाधर्मपरः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेवाधर्मपर (प्रातिपदिक; सेवा + धर्म + पर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying इन्द्रः)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (relative pronoun)

• छत्रधरः: umbrella-bearer
• छत्रधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्रधर (प्रातिपदिक; छत्र + धर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चन्द्रः: the Moon
• चन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; छत्रधरः इति पदस्य विशेष्य (apposition)

• वायुः: Wind (Vāyu)
• वायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• चामरधृक्: fly-whisk bearer
• चामरधृक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चामरधृक् (प्रातिपदिक; चामर + धृक्<धृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

Speaker

Lomaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-Kailāsa sambandha (Kedāranātha as earthly Śiva-seat; Kailāsa as celestial seat)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial court scene: Indra with the devas stands in reverent attendance; Candra holds a white parasol above Śiva; Vāyu waves a cāmara fan, signifying royal honor offered to the ascetic-king.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devas
• Candra
• Vāyu
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service (sevā) is presented as a divine virtue—true greatness expresses itself through humble attendance upon the sacred.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa, described with royal and liturgical imagery to magnify its sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse implicitly praises sevā as a religious duty.