Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

विस्मयेन समाविष्टा बभूवुर्जातसाध्वसाः । सर्वे देवासुराश्चैव ऊचुराश्चर्यवत्ततः

Transliteration

vismayena samāviṣṭā babhūvurjātasādhvasāḥ | sarve devāsurāścaiva ūcurāścaryavattataḥ

Translation

เหล่าทั้งหลายถูกความพิศวงครอบงำ และสะท้านด้วยความเกรงกลัวฉับพลัน แล้วบรรดาเทวะและอสูรทั้งปวงก็กล่าวถ้อยคำด้วยความอัศจรรย์

Word by Word

• vismayena: with astonishment
• vismayena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Instrumental singular

• samāviṣṭāḥ: possessed, filled
• samāviṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāviṣṭa (कृदन्त; sam-ā-√viś (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; past passive participle; Nominative plural masculine (entered/possessed)

• babhūvuḥ: became
• babhūvuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्ण), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; ‘they became’

• jātasādhvasāḥ: having fear arisen (frightened)
• jātasādhvasāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त; √jan (धातु) + क्त) + sādhvasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘jātaṃ sādhvasaṃ yeṣām’ इति बहुव्रीहिरपि सम्भवति, परन्तु रूपतः ‘jāta-sādhvasa’ (fear arisen) इति कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषवत्; Nominative plural masculine

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; Nominative plural masculine

• devāsurāḥ: gods and asuras
• devāsurāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः; Nominative plural masculine

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम्

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम्

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; ‘they said’

• āścaryavat: wonderingly
• āścaryavat: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āścarya (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणम्; ‘āścaryavat’ = in a wondrous manner (adverbial)

• tataḥ: thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्/ततः इति अव्ययम्; क्रम/कारण/अपादानार्थे; here ‘thereupon’ (sequence)

Speaker

Lomaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience (ṛṣis/devotees)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas and asuras, eyes widened, bodies slightly recoiling in awe, begin to speak in wonder; the atmosphere is charged, as if the air itself has become luminous after danger passes.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Asura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine acts that protect the worlds evoke reverent awe even among opposing forces, pointing to the Lord’s supremacy beyond faction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred landscape is the frame; this verse records the cosmic reaction rather than praising a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description of the response to the miracle.