Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
ब्रह्मादयः सुग्गणाः सुरसिद्धसंघास्त्वां द्रष्टुमेव सुरवर्य विसेषयंति । कार्य्यार्थिनोऽसुरवरैः परिभर्त्स्यमाना अभ्यागताः सपदि शत्रुभिरर्दिताश्च
brahmādayaḥ suggaṇāḥ surasiddhasaṃghāstvāṃ draṣṭumeva suravarya viseṣayaṃti | kāryyārthino'suravaraiḥ paribhartsyamānā abhyāgatāḥ sapadi śatrubhirarditāśca
హే దేవశ్రేష్ఠా! బ్రహ్మాది సుగణములు—దేవసిద్ధసంఘములు—ప్రత్యేకంగా నీ దర్శనమే కోరుచు వచ్చిరి. కార్యసిద్ధి కోరువారు, శ్రేష్ఠాసురులచే అవమానింపబడి, శత్రువులచే బాధింపబడి, వెంటనే ఇక్కడికి చేరిరి.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) voicing the devas’ situation (appeal-context)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (addressed indirectly as ‘best of gods’)
Scene: Brahmā and hosts of devas and siddhas, visibly strained and hurried, plead for Śiva’s darśana, with shadowy asura threat implied at the edges of the scene.
FAQs
When dharma is oppressed, the right response is to seek darśana and refuge in the supreme Lord, who restores order and courage.
Kedāra, portrayed as the sacred meeting-ground where the distressed devas approach Śiva for restoration of cosmic balance.
No explicit prescription; the emphasis is on approaching the Lord (darśana-seeking) as the first act of spiritual strategy in crisis.
Ask anything about this verse
Curious about the meaning, context, or a word? Ask, and continue the conversation in the Vedapath app.
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.