Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77
Devanagari script
तदा देवासुराः सर्वे स्तूयमाना महाचलम् । उत्पाटयेयुरतुलं मंदरं च ततोद्भुतम्
Transliteration
tadā devāsurāḥ sarve stūyamānā mahācalam | utpāṭayeyuratulaṃ maṃdaraṃ ca tatodbhutam
Translation
അപ്പോൾ ദേവന്മാരും അസുരന്മാരും എല്ലാവരും മഹാപർവതത്തെ സ്തുതിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്, അതുല്യവും അത്ഭുതകരവുമായ മന്ദരപർവതത്തെ വേരോടെ പിഴുതെടുത്തു.
Word by Word
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)
देवासुराःgods and asuras
देवासुराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formइतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (देवाश्च असुराश्च); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन (agreeing with देवासुराः)
स्तूयमानाःbeing praised
स्तूयमानाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु (धातु) → स्तूयमान (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शानच् (present passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन
महाचलम्the great mountain
महाचलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + चल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (महान् चलः/अचलः); पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन
उत्पाटयेयुःwould uproot / should uproot
उत्पाटयेयुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउत् + पट् (धातु) → उत्पाटय (णिच्)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
अतुलम्incomparable
अतुलम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअतुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with मन्दरम्)
मन्दरम्Mandara (mountain)
मन्दरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
ततःthereafter / from that
ततः:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअपादान/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (from that/thereafter)
उद्भुतम्arisen; extraordinary
उद्भुतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद् + भू (धातु) → उद्भूत (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्यय (past participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with मन्दरम्)
Speaker
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, contextual)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Mandara (mythic)
Type: peak
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A vast assembly of devas and asuras encircle Mandara, chanting praises; the mountain is being uprooted, roots tearing from earth, clouds swirling, scale monumental.
Characters & Entities
D
DevasA
AsurasM
Mandara (Mandarācala)FAQs
Unified effort, supported by reverence, can accomplish what seems impossible.
Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative world; Mandara is treated as a sanctified mountain within Purāṇic sacred geography.
None.