Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

एवंविधान्यनेकानि ह्यश्चर्याणि तदाश्रमे । पश्यंतो विबुधाः सर्वे विस्मयं परमं ययुः

Transliteration

evaṃvidhānyanekāni hyaścaryāṇi tadāśrame | paśyaṃto vibudhāḥ sarve vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayuḥ

Translation

एवंविधान्यनेकानि ह्यद्भुतानि तदाश्रमे आसन्। तानि पश्यन्तो विबुधाः सर्वे परमं विस्मयं जग्मुः॥

Word by Word

• evaṃ-vidhāni: such kinds of
• evaṃ-vidhāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of such a kind)

• anekāni: many
• anekāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• āścaryāṇi: wonders
• āścaryāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• tadā-āśrame: in that hermitage (then)
• tadā-āśrame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tadā (अव्यय) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in that hermitage at that time)

• paśyantaḥ: seeing/observing
• paśyantaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √paś (पश्) शतृ (present active participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त (while seeing)

• vibudhāḥ: the wise/learned ones
• vibudhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• vismayam: astonishment
• vismayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• paramam: supreme/great
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• yayuḥ: went/attained
• yayuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-āśrama (within Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience of tīrtha-seekers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide view of the hermitage filled with multiple marvels—peaceful predator-prey pairs, radiant atmosphere—while groups of devas watch in awe, hands folded or raised in astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Vibudhas (Devas)
• Dadhīci’s Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is not merely spoken of—it is witnessed as transformative power that even devas revere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hermitage within Kedārakhaṇḍa is presented as a wonder-filled sacred locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.