Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

इति स्मृतस्तदाऽदित्या देवानां परिरच्युतः । प्रहस्य भगवानाह अदितिं देवमातरम्

Transliteration

iti smṛtastadā'dityā devānāṃ pariracyutaḥ | prahasya bhagavānāha aditiṃ devamātaram

Translation

അദിതി ഇങ്ങനെ സ്മരിച്ചപ്പോൾ ദേവന്മാരുടെ ആശ്രയമായ അച്യുതഭഗവാൻ പുഞ്ചിരിച്ച് ദേവമാതാവായ അദിതിയോട് അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणार्थक (quotative particle)

• स्मृतः: having been called/remembered
• स्मृतः: Karma (Predicate participle/कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) → स्मृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘called/remembered’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अदित्या: by Aditi
• अदित्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• परिरच्युतः: having been made to fall away/removed (completely)
• परिरच्युतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-च्यु (धातु) → परिरच्युत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपसर्ग ‘परि-’

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• प्रहस्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-हस् (धातु) → प्रहस्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘having laughed’

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/आह (धातु √अह् ‘to say’)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अदितिम्: Aditi
• अदितिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• देवमातरम्: mother of the gods
• देवमातरम्: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्मसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) ‘देवानां माता’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrating); Viṣṇu begins speaking at the end

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (narrative setting)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aditi, the deva-mother, stands in reverent posture after invoking the Lord; Viṣṇu appears serene, smiling gently before speaking—an intimate, compassionate divine audience scene.

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• Aditi
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere remembrance and praise draw an immediate, gracious divine response.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa is the textual setting; the verse emphasizes divine encounter rather than pilgrimage geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (devotional remembrance/invocation) and stuti are shown as effective components of worship.