Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

इंद्राद्यौर्लोकपालैश्च गणास्ते च पराङ्गमुखाः । कृताश्च तत्क्षणादेव भृगोर्मंत्रबलेन हि

Transliteration

iṃdrādyaurlokapālaiśca gaṇāste ca parāṅgamukhāḥ | kṛtāśca tatkṣaṇādeva bhṛgormaṃtrabalena hi

Translation

അന്നേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ ഇന്ദ്രാദി ലോകപാലന്മാർ ഭൃഗുവിന്റെ മന്ത്രബലപ്രഭാവത്താൽ ആ ഗണങ്ങളെ പരാങ്മുഖരാക്കി പരാജിതരാക്കി।

Word by Word

• इन्द्राद्याः: Indra and others
• इन्द्राद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इन्द्र-आदि-शब्दसमूहः (इन्द्रादयः)

• लोकपालैः: by the guardians of the worlds
• लोकपालैः: Sahakari/Karana (Instrument/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

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

• गणाः: the troops/attendants
• गणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• पराङ्गमुखाः: with faces turned away; averted
• पराङ्गमुखाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराङ् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—पराङ् मुखं येषां ते

• कृताः: were made/caused
• कृताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘made/caused’

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

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment; immediately
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘तस्मिन् क्षणे’ इत्यर्थे

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• भृगोः: of Bhṛgu
• भृगोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मन्त्रबलेन: by the power of (his) mantra
• मन्त्रबलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/for)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer sages/devotees (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra and the Lokapālas stand in a luminous arc, while Śiva’s gaṇas recoil and turn away as Bhṛgu’s mantra radiates like a sonic wave; the battlefield is Himalayan, wind-swept, with ritual fire implied in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Lokapālas
• Gaṇas
• Bhṛgu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-śakti, when wielded by a potent ṛṣi, can decisively alter events—showing the supremacy of spiritual power over mere weaponry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra-centered sacred geography, but it does not directly describe a tīrtha or its merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly highlights mantra as a sacred power, but no specific japa/vidhi is prescribed in this verse.