Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवः शिष्याः शुक्रस्य धीमतः । एवं शिवार्चनरताः सर्वे ते दैत्यदानवाः

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ śiṣyāḥ śukrasya dhīmataḥ | evaṃ śivārcanaratāḥ sarve te daityadānavāḥ

Translation

ഇവരും മറ്റും അനേകരും ധീമാനായ ശുക്രാചാര്യന്റെ ശിഷ്യരായിരുന്നു. ഇങ്ങനെ ആ ദൈത്യദാനവന്മാർ എല്ലാവരും ശിവാർച്ചനയിൽ സദാ ലീനരായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• bahavaḥ: many
• bahavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• śiṣyāḥ: disciples
• śiṣyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• śukrasya: of Śukra
• śukrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dhīmataḥ: of the wise
• dhīmataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhīmat (प्रातिपदिक; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of śukrasya)

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• śiva-arcana-ratāḥ: devoted to Śiva-worship
• śiva-arcana-ratāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; ‘शिवस्य अर्चने रताः’ (devoted to worship of Śiva)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• daitya-dānavāḥ: Daityas and Dānavas
• daitya-dānavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-context deduction

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śukra, the wise preceptor, seated with a manuscript and kamaṇḍalu, instructs a gathered assembly of daityas/dānavas who then turn toward a liṅga shrine, offering bilva leaves and lamps—depicting disciplined devotion arising from teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Śukra
• Śiva
• Daityas
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion (bhakti) and disciplined worship can arise even among those famed as adversarial forces, highlighting Śiva’s universal accessibility.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra and its surrounding sacred geography, as presented in the Kedāra Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śivārcana (worship/adoration of Śiva) is the practice emphasized, though no step-by-step rite is detailed in this verse.