Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

अर्चितो देवसूक्तैश्च यथा वद्ग्रहपूजनम् । कृतवांश्चैव ऋषिभिर्विद्वद्भिर्भावितात्मभिः

Transliteration

arcito devasūktaiśca yathā vadgrahapūjanam | kṛtavāṃścaiva ṛṣibhirvidvadbhirbhāvitātmabhiḥ

Translation

ദേവസൂക്തങ്ങളാൽ അദ്ദേഹത്തെ അർച്ചിച്ചു, വിധിപൂർവ്വം ഗ്രഹപൂജ ചെയ്യുന്നതുപോലെ; വിദ്യാവാന്മാരും ആത്മനിയന്ത്രിതരുമായ ഋഷിമാർ കർമ്മാനുഷ്ഠാനങ്ങളും നിർവഹിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• arcitaḥ: (was) worshipped
• arcitaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √arc (अर्च्) → arcita (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• deva-sūktaiḥ: with hymns to the gods
• deva-sūktaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + sūkta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (devānāṃ sūktāni)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकार-बोधक अव्यय (as/according to)

• vat: like
• vat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vat (अव्यय)
• Form: सादृश्य-बोधक अव्यय (like)

• graha-pūjanam: worship of the planets
• graha-pūjanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (grahāṇāṃ pūjanam)

• kṛtavān: having done/performed
• kṛtavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) → kṛtavat (कृदन्त, क्तवत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तरि कृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-बोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ṛṣibhiḥ: by sages
• ṛṣibhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• vidvadbhiḥ: by learned (ones)
• vidvadbhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidvas (प्रातिपदिक; √vid/विद् ‘ज्ञाने’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of ṛṣibhiḥ)

• bhāvita-ātmabhiḥ: by those of disciplined/controlled selves
• bhāvita-ātmabhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvita (कृदन्त; √bhū/भू or √bhāv/भाव ‘भावने’) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (bhāvitaḥ ātmā yeṣām te)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages encircle the consecrated king, reciting deva-sūktas; a graha-maṇḍala diagram or nine symbolic emblems appear; offerings and lamps arranged with Vedic precision.

Characters & Entities

• Devasūkta
• Graha
• Ṛṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through correct procedure (yathāvat) and through the guidance of the wise; sacred speech (hymns) sanctifies public acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the emphasis is on ritual propriety within the heavenly consecration scene.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship through devasūktas and due graha-pūjā (planetary propitiation) is indicated as part of the consecratory framework.