Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

जगाम त्रिदिवं देवो दैत्योऽपि स्वकमालयम् । उत्तीर्णं तपसस्तं च दैत्यं दैत्येश्वरास्तदा

Transliteration

jagāma tridivaṃ devo daityo'pi svakamālayam | uttīrṇaṃ tapasastaṃ ca daityaṃ daityeśvarāstadā

Translation

ദേവൻ ത്രിദിവത്തിലേക്ക് (സ്വർഗത്തിലേക്ക്) മടങ്ങി; ദൈത്യനും തന്റെ വാസസ്ഥലത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി. അപ്പോൾ തപസ്സിൽ വിജയിച്ച ആ ദൈത്യനെ ചുറ്റി ദൈത്യാധിപന്മാർ കൂടിവന്നു.

Word by Word

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; अर्थः—जगाम (went)

• tridivam: to heaven
• tridivam: Gati-karma (Destination/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• daityaḥ: the demon
• daityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अपि (also/even)

• svakam: his own
• svakam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• ālayam: abode
• ālayam: Gati-karma (Destination/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• uttīrṇam: having completed
• uttīrṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttīrṇa (कृदन्त; √tṝ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle): उत्तीर्णः (having crossed/come out; having completed)

• tapasaḥ: of austerity
• tapasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• tam: that (one)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (and)

• daityam: the demon
• daityam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• daitya-īśvarāḥ: the demon-lords
• daitya-īśvarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—दैत्यानाम् ईश्वराः (lords of the demons)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (then/at that time)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two simultaneous departures: a deva returning to Svarga and the daitya returning to his fortified abode; daitya chiefs assemble around the ascetic-victor.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Tāraka
• Tridiva (Heaven)
• Daityeśvaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas can yield results even for the unrighteous, but its fruit is judged by how power is used afterward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No; the setting is cosmic (heaven and the Daitya abode), not a terrestrial tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only the general motif of tapas (austerity) is present; no specific vrata or rite is detailed.