Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

गंधर्वाप्सरसो यक्षा विद्याधरमहोरगाः । यक्षाः सुपर्णाः पतगा ये चान्ये स्वर्गवासिनः

Transliteration

gaṃdharvāpsaraso yakṣā vidyādharamahoragāḥ | yakṣāḥ suparṇāḥ patagā ye cānye svargavāsinaḥ

Translation

เหล่าคันธรรพ์และอัปสร ยักษ์ วิทยาธร มหาโอรคะ สุปรรณ และหมู่สัตว์ปีกอื่นๆ ตลอดจนชาวสวรรค์ทั้งปวง ต่างมาชุมนุม ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: कर्ता (Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अप्सरसः: Apsarases
• अप्सरसः: कर्ता (Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यक्षाः: Yakṣas
• यक्षाः: कर्ता (Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• विद्याधरमहोरगाः: Vidyādharas and great serpents
• विद्याधरमहोरगाः: कर्ता (Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्याधर + महोरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (Vidyādharas and great serpents)

• यक्षाः: Yakṣas
• यक्षाः: कर्ता (Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सुपर्णाः: Suparṇas (Garudas/birds)
• सुपर्णाः: कर्ता (Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पतगाः: birds
• पतगाः: कर्ता (Subject; list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: कर्ता (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: विशेषण (Qualifier; ‘others’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्वर्गवासिनः: heaven-dwellers
• स्वर्गवासिनः: कर्ता (Subject; appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘स्वर्गे वसन्ति’ (dwellers in heaven)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand gathering: musicians (gandharvas), dancers (apsarases), yakṣas with treasures, vidyādharas in flight, nāgas with jeweled hoods, suparṇas soaring—filling the sky and halls of heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Gandharva
• Apsaras
• Yakṣa
• Vidyādhara
• Mahoraga
• Suparṇa
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sovereignty is recognized by the whole cosmic order; even celestial beings assemble when dharma and royal authority are publicly affirmed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate scene is Svarga, within the Kedāra Khaṇḍa narration; the Kedāra sacred geography frames the larger discourse, though this verse itself describes a heavenly assembly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it is a descriptive catalog of celestial attendees.