Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

प्रमथाश्च तथा सर्वे तथा चंडीगणाः परे । ये चान्ये बहवस्तत्र समायाता हिमालया

Transliteration

pramathāśca tathā sarve tathā caṃḍīgaṇāḥ pare | ye cānye bahavastatra samāyātā himālayā

Translation

എല്ലാ പ്രമഥഗണങ്ങളും അവിടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു; അതുപോലെ ചണ്ഡിയുടെ മറ്റു ഗണങ്ങളും. ഹിമാലയത്തിൽ നിന്നെത്തിയ അനേകരും അവിടെ സമാഗമിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• प्रमथाः: Pramathas (Śiva’s attendants)
• प्रमथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative Plural

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय — Conjunction

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक — Indeclinable adverb

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative Plural

• तथा: also
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — Indeclinable adverb

• चंडीगणाः: troops of Caṇḍī
• चंडीगणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डी (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Tatpuruṣa compound, Masculine, Nominative Plural

• परे: others
• परे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative Plural

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय — Conjunction

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative Plural

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place) — Indeclinable locative adverb

• समायाताः: having arrived
• समायाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+या (धातु) + समायात (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Past participle, Masculine, Nominative Plural

• हिमालया: by/with Himālaya
• हिमालया: Karana (Instrument/Source/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Tatpuruṣa compound, Masculine, Instrumental Singular

Speaker

Lomaśa (continued narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast assembly: Pramathas—wild, ascetic, uncanny attendants of Śiva—stand alongside fierce Caṇḍī-gaṇas; streams of beings arrive from Himālaya, filling the mountain passes.

Characters & Entities

• Pramathas
• Caṇḍī-gaṇas
• Himālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places draw together diverse divine powers; their harmonious assembly signals the sanctity and protective potency of the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s sacred Himalayan sphere (Kedārakhaṇḍa), where divine retinues congregate.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse describes the gathering of Śaiva and Devī-gaṇas as part of the sacred event.