Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

भगवानुवाच । यूयं सर्वे कृतार्थाश्च जाता दैवेन केनचित् । अद्योपावाससंयुक्ता अमृतस्याधिवासनम्

Transliteration

bhagavānuvāca | yūyaṃ sarve kṛtārthāśca jātā daivena kenacit | adyopāvāsasaṃyuktā amṛtasyādhivāsanam

Translation

พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสว่า “พวกท่านทั้งปวงได้บรรลุความมุ่งหมายแล้ว ด้วยการกำหนดแห่งพระประสงค์อันเป็นทิพย์ประการหนึ่ง วันนี้เมื่อประกอบอุโปวาสะ (การถือศีลอด) จึงเป็นผู้ควรแก่พิธีอธิวาสนะและการรับอมฤตดุจน้ำทิพย์”

Word by Word

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे वक्ता-निर्देशः

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Sambodhyah (Addressee/सम्बोध्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री/नपुं (त्रिलिङ्ग-सर्वनाम), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यूयम्)

• कृतार्थाः: fulfilled; having achieved the goal
• कृतार्थाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यूयम्); समासः: कृतः अर्थः यस्य (कृत+अर्थ)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• जाताः: born; become
• जाताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यूयम्)

• दैवेन: by fate; by divine dispensation
• दैवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• केनचित्: by someone/something (unspecified)
• केनचित्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अनिर्दिष्ट-विशेषणार्थ (someone/ something)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• उपावास: fasting
• उपावास: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचन (समासपूर्वपदत्वेन)

• संयुक्ताः: joined with; accompanied by
• संयुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+युज् (धातु) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यूयम्)

• अमृतस्य: of nectar; of immortality
• अमृतस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अधिवासनम्: consecration; sanctifying preparation (infusion)
• अधिवासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधि+वास (धातु) + अधिवासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; वाक्ये कर्म/विधेयभावसम्भवः

Speaker

Bhagavān (Śiva, in Kedāra context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Daityas/Asuras (addressed collectively)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhagavān (Śiva) addresses assembled beings in a Himalayan sacred setting, declaring them fulfilled and fit for an amṛta-like consecration due to their upavāsa.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fasting (upavāsa) performed with sacred intent is praised as a divinely guided act that ripens one’s life-purpose and prepares the seeker for higher, nectar-like spiritual fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in the Kedārakhaṇḍa, situating its teaching within the glory-literature of Kedāra (Kedāranātha/Kedāra-tīrtha) under the Māheśvara Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (religious fasting) is explicitly mentioned as the observance undertaken “today,” presented as a sanctifying discipline that qualifies one for the ensuing sacred benefit.