Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

एह्येहि त्वं महाविष्णो महादेवं त्वरान्वितः । उद्वाहनार्थं शंभोश्च त्वमेकः कार्यसाधकः

Transliteration

ehyehi tvaṃ mahāviṣṇo mahādevaṃ tvarānvitaḥ | udvāhanārthaṃ śaṃbhośca tvamekaḥ kāryasādhakaḥ

Translation

“വാ, വാ, ഹേ മഹാവിഷ്ണോ! വേഗത്തോടെ മഹാദേവന്റെ അടുക്കൽ പോകുക. ശംഭുവിന്റെ വിവാഹകാര്യത്തിനായി ഈ ദൗത്യം സാധിപ്പാൻ കഴിയുന്നത് നീ ഒരുത്തനേ.”

Word by Word

• एहि: come
• एहि: Kriyā (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एहि: come (again; quickly)
• एहि: Kriyā (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphasis)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Addressee/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun)

• महाविष्णो: O Great Viṣṇu
• महाविष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् विष्णुः)

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• त्वरान्वितः: endowed with haste; quickly
• त्वरान्वितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरा + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (त्वरया अन्वितः)

• उद्वाहनार्थम्: for the purpose of the wedding
• उद्वाहनार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्वाहन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (उद्वाहनस्य अर्थः) प्रयोजनार्थे (purpose)

• शंभोः: of Śambhu
• शंभोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun)

• एकः: alone; the only one
• एकः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कार्यसाधकः: accomplisher of the task
• कार्यसाधकः: Karta (Subject-predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य + साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कार्यं साधयति)

Speaker

Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, vīṇā in hand, urgently calls upon Mahāviṣṇu to go swiftly to Mahādeva for the marriage task; the court listens as mission is announced.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Viṣṇu (Mahāviṣṇu)
• Śiva (Mahādeva/Śambhu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great beings support divine-lila for the welfare of the worlds; service to dharma transcends sectarian boundaries.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is embedded in Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra tīrtha frame, even as it narrates cosmic events.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; “udvāha” is referenced as a sacred event rather than a human-performed rite here.