Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

सस्वनुर्देववाद्यानि साधुसाध्विति वै जगुः । विस्मिताः पांडवाश्चासन्प्रणेमुः पुरुषोत्तमम्

Transliteration

sasvanurdevavādyāni sādhusādhviti vai jaguḥ | vismitāḥ pāṃḍavāścāsanpraṇemuḥ puruṣottamam

Translation

सस्वनुर्देववाद्यानि साधुसाध्विति वै जगुः। विस्मिताः पाण्डवाश्चासन् प्रणेमुः पुरुषोत्तमम्॥

Word by Word

• sasvanuḥ: sounded
• sasvanuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √svan स्वन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• devavādyāni: divine instruments
• devavādyāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + vādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānāṃ vādyāni)

• sādhu: well done
• sādhu: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sādhu (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसा-वाचक (interjection: "well done")

• sādhu: well done
• sādhu: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sādhu (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसा-वाचक

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग अव्यय

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/उपपादक (emphatic particle)

• jaguḥ: sang/uttered
• jaguḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gai गै (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• vismitāḥ: astonished
• vismitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismita (कृदन्त; √smi स्मि/√smī? विस्मि-; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (pāṇḍavāḥ)

• pāṇḍavāḥ: the Pāṇḍavas
• pāṇḍavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• āsan: were
• āsan: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• praṇemuḥ: bowed down
• praṇemuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra- (उपसर्ग) + √nam नम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• puruṣottamam: the Supreme Person
• puruṣottamam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: "uttamaḥ puruṣaḥ"

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A sage/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Celestial drums and instruments resound in the sky; voices cry ‘Sādhu! Sādhu!’ The Pāṇḍavas, astonished, bow to Purushottama.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍavas
• Puruṣottama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and surrender before the Supreme is the proper response to witnessing divine protection and victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse narrates praise and obeisance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes praise (stuti) and prostration (praṇāma) as devotional responses.