Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

शिष्यैः परिवृतो भूत्वा मृतांस्तानसुरानपि । विद्यया मृतजीविन्या पतितान्समजीवयत्

Transliteration

śiṣyaiḥ parivṛto bhūtvā mṛtāṃstānasurānapi | vidyayā mṛtajīvinyā patitānsamajīvayat

Translation

ท่ามกลางศิษย์รายล้อม เขาได้ใช้วิทยา ‘มฤตสัญชีวินี’ อันชุบชีวิตผู้ตาย ให้เหล่าอสูรที่ล้มตายกลับฟื้นคืนชีพอีกครั้ง

Word by Word

• शिष्यैः: by/with disciples
• शिष्यैः: Sahakāraka (Instrument/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• परिवृतः: surrounded
• परिवृतः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√वृ (धातु) → परिवृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; past passive participle ‘surrounded’

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √भू (धातु) → भूत्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (पूर्वकाल) — Gerund/absolutive ‘having become’

• मृतान्: dead
• मृतान्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त, क्त; √मृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural; PPP ‘dead’

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural (pronoun)

• असुरान्: asuras/demons
• असुरान्: Karma (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (समुच्चय/अपि-भाव) — particle ‘also/even’

• विद्यया: by (his) knowledge/skill
• विद्यया: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• मृतजीविन्या: with the dead-reviving (knowledge)
• मृतजीविन्या: Karaṇa (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत-जीविनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; समास: मृतान् जीवयति इति (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव) ‘life-giving to the dead’

• पतितान्: fallen
• पतितान्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त, क्त; √पत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural; PPP ‘fallen’

• समजीवयत्: revived/brought back to life
• समजीवयत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√जीव् (धातु) → समजीवयत् (णिच् causative)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग — Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada; causative ‘revived’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śukra (Bhārgava), radiant and composed, stands amid disciples; fallen Asuras lie scattered, then begin to stir as the life-restoring vidyā is invoked; Himalayan austerity landscape suggests Kedāra’s sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava (Śukra)
• Śiṣyas
• Asuras
• Mṛtajīvinī-vidyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas portray spiritual knowledge (vidyā), gained through tapas and lineage, as capable of extraordinary transformative effects.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context continues; the verse itself highlights Bhārgava’s power rather than a specific tīrtha act.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No public ritual is prescribed; a specialized vidyā (mṛtajīvinī) is referenced as a narrative device.