Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तदान्य ऋषयः सर्वे पितरश्च तथाविधाः । येऽन्ये च बहवस्तत्र यक्षगंधर्वकिन्नराः

Transliteration

tadānya ṛṣayaḥ sarve pitaraśca tathāvidhāḥ | ye'nye ca bahavastatra yakṣagaṃdharvakinnarāḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ മറ്റു എല്ലാ ഋഷിമാരും, അതേ സഭയിലെ പിതൃഗണങ്ങളും, അവിടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന അനേകർ—യക്ഷർ, ഗന്ധർവർ, കിന്നരർ—എല്ലാവരും (ആ ദുരന്തത്തിൽ) കുടുങ്ങി.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (then)

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nominative plural; adjectival)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nominative plural; adjectival)

• पितरः: the Pitṛs/ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

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

• तथाविधाः: of that kind / similar
• तथाविधाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nominative plural; ‘of such kind’)

• ये: who
• ये: Pratiyogin (Relative/प्रतियोगिन्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (relative pronoun; nominative plural)

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nominative plural; adjectival)

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

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nominative plural; adjectival)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• यक्षगन्धर्वकिन्नराः: Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and Kinnaras
• यक्षगन्धर्वकिन्नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + किन्नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nominative plural; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanakhala yajña-vāṭa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide tableau of the yajña ground: sages and pitṛs in disarray, alongside yakṣas, gandharvas, and kinnaras—an immense multi-realm congregation caught in the calamity, emphasizing scale and consequence.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Pitṛs
• Yakṣas
• Gandharvas
• Kinnaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma in a sacred rite affects the whole community—sages, ancestors, and celestial beings alike.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s scriptural setting (Kedārakhaṇḍa) contextualizes the tale, though the verse highlights the yajña-assembly rather than a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the focus is narrative description of those present at the disrupted sacrifice.