Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

सर्वे विज्ञापिताः सद्यो गृहीतकलशा तदा । शोभया परया युक्ता साक्षात्सा विष्णुमोहिनी

Transliteration

sarve vijñāpitāḥ sadyo gṛhītakalaśā tadā | śobhayā parayā yuktā sākṣātsā viṣṇumohinī

Translation

ทุกผู้ได้รับแจ้งโดยพลัน แล้วนางก็ยกกุมภ์ขึ้นไว้ในมือ งามพร้อมด้วยสิริอันสูงสุด นางปรากฏชัดเป็นโมหินี—ปางลวงใจของพระวิษณุ

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• विज्ञापिताः: were informed
• विज्ञापिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√ज्ञा/√ज्ञप् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘were informed/notified’

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: immediately)

• गृहीतकलशाः: having taken the pots
• गृहीतकलशाः: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गृहीत (√ग्रह्+क्त, कृदन्त) + कलश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय-सन्निकर्ष): ‘गृहीतः कलशः येषाम्’ (as bahuvrīhi sense in usage, but form is determinative); here adjectival to सर्वे

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• शोभया: with beauty
• शोभया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परया: supreme, excellent
• परया: Karana-anvaya (Instrument qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of शोभया)

• युक्ता: endowed (with)
• युक्ता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past passive participle, क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘endowed/connected’ (predicate of सा)

• साक्षात्: directly, manifestly
• साक्षात्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: directly, manifestly)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्णुमोहिनी: Viṣṇu’s Mohinī (enchantress)
• विष्णुमोहिनी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + मोहिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘विष्णोः मोहिनी’ = ‘Viṣṇu’s enchantress’ (Mohinī)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mohinī appears in dazzling beauty holding the amṛta-kalaśa; asuras gaze in captivated stillness while the Himalayan air glows; her form is unmistakably divine, serene, and commanding.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Mohinī
• Kalaśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine assumes appropriate forms to accomplish dharmic ends and safeguard what is sacred.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra is the contextual frame (Kedārakhaṇḍa), though this verse focuses on the Mohinī event.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes Mohinī taking the nectar vessel.