Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
गते देवगुरौ तस्मिन्विमनस्काऽभवन्सुराः । यक्षा नागाः सगंधर्वा ऋषयोऽपि तथा द्विजाः
Transliteration
gate devagurau tasminvimanaskā'bhavansurāḥ | yakṣā nāgāḥ sagaṃdharvā ṛṣayo'pi tathā dvijāḥ
Translation
ദേവഗുരു പോയപ്പോൾ ദേവന്മാർ വിഷണ്ണരായി; യക്ഷന്മാർ, നാഗങ്ങൾ, ഗന്ധർവന്മാർ, ഋഷിമാരും ദ്വിജന്മാരും അതുപോലെ ദുഃഖിച്ചു।
Word by Word
गतेwhen (he) had gone
गते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formसप्तमी-एकवचन (locative absolute) भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सप्तमी एकवचन रूपम्; ‘देवगुरौ’ इति सह; when (he) had gone
देवगुरौin/when the guru of the gods (Bṛhaspati)
देवगुरौ:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देव + गुरु (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘देवानां गुरुः’); Masculine, Locative, Singular
तस्मिन्in that (situation/time)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Locative, Singular
विमनस्काःdejected, dispirited
विमनस्काः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सुराः इति विशेषणम्; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
अभवन्became
अभवन्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Imperfect, 3rd person, Plural
सुराःthe gods
सुराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
यक्षाःyakṣas
यक्षाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
नागाःnāgas (serpents)
नागाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
सगन्धर्वाःtogether with gandharvas
सगन्धर्वाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘स’ उपसर्गवत् (सहितार्थक) = ‘गन्धर्वैः सह’; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
ऋषयःsages
ऋषयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)
द्विजाःbrāhmaṇas (twice-born)
द्विजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
Lomāśa
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A wide celestial assembly: devas with lowered faces, yakṣas and nāgas subdued, gandharvas silent with instruments lowered, sages and brāhmaṇas in worried contemplation; the space feels emptied by the guru’s absence.
Characters & Entities
B
Bṛhaspati (Deva-guru)D
DevasY
YakṣasN
NāgasG
GandharvasṚ
ṚṣisD
DwijasFAQs
The presence of a true teacher sustains harmony; when wisdom departs, even great communities lose heart and stability.
None; the passage is cosmological and ethical rather than geographical.
None.