Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तथेति दैत्यप्रवरो निपातितः परेण पुंसा परमार्थदेन । दत्त्वाऽभयं देवतानां तदानीं तथा सुधां देवताभ्यः प्रदत्त्वा

Transliteration

tatheti daityapravaro nipātitaḥ pareṇa puṃsā paramārthadena | dattvā'bhayaṃ devatānāṃ tadānīṃ tathā sudhāṃ devatābhyaḥ pradattvā

Translation

Сказав: «Да будет так», тот лучший из дайтьев был низвержен Верховной Личностью, дарующей высшее благо. Тогда Он даровал богам бесстрашие и также преподнёс божествам амриту — нектар бессмертия.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुमतिसूचक/एवम् (particle: 'so/thus')

• इति: thus (saying)
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• दैत्यप्रवरः: the foremost of the Daityas
• दैत्यप्रवरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य + प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• निपातितः: was felled / struck down
• निपातितः: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + पत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परेण: by another / by the supreme (one)
• परेण: Karana (Instrument/agent-instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुंसा: by a man/person
• पुंसा: Karana (Instrument/agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुम्स्/पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमार्थदेन: by the giver of the highest good
• परमार्थदेन: Karana (Instrument/agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमार्थ + द (कृदन्त; √दा + शतृ/णिनि-सम्भव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); द-प्रत्ययान्त/कर्तृवाचक (giver of the highest good)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having given)

• अभयम्: fearlessness, assurance
• अभयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवतानाम्: of the gods
• देवतानाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तदानीम्: then, at that time
• तदानीम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: 'at that time')

• तथा: also/thus
• तथा: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/एवम् (also/thus)

• सुधाम्: nectar (amṛta)
• सुधाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवताभ्यः: to the gods
• देवताभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रदत्त्वा: having given/bestowed
• प्रदत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having bestowed)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / devotees hearing Kedāra-mahātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Supreme Person strikes down the foremost daitya after granting assent; devas receive fearlessness and nectar in a luminous, ritual-like distribution scene.

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Supreme Person (Viṣṇu implied)
• Devatās
• Abhaya
• Sudhā (amṛta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme grants both worldly protection (abhaya, sudhā) and the highest good (paramārtha), showing layered divine compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Kedārakhaṇḍa, tied to the Kedāra sacred landscape, though it narrates a cosmic resolution.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it describes divine bestowal rather than human practice.