Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। लोमश उवाच । ततः शची तान्प्रोवाच वाचं धर्मार्थसंयुताम् । मा चिंता क्रियतां देवा बृहस्पतिपुरोगमः

Transliteration

| lomaśa uvāca | tataḥ śacī tānprovāca vācaṃ dharmārthasaṃyutām | mā ciṃtā kriyatāṃ devā bṛhaspatipurogamaḥ

Translation

โลมศะกล่าวว่า: แล้วพระนางศจีตรัสแก่พวกเขาด้วยถ้อยคำอันประกอบด้วยธรรมและประโยชน์ว่า “อย่าได้กังวลเลย โอ้เหล่าเทวะ—จงก้าวไปโดยมีพระพฤหัสบดีนำหน้า”

Word by Word

• लोमशः: Lomaśa
• लोमशः: कर्ता (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: सम्बन्ध (Temporal connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/from that)

• शची: Śacī
• शची: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तान्: them
• तान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• प्रोवाच: addressed/said
• प्रोवाच: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वाचम्: speech/words
• वाचम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• धर्मार्थसंयुताम्: connected with dharma and artha
• धर्मार्थसंयुताम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of वाचम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म + अर्थ + संयुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (धर्म + अर्थ) इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व + संयुत (क्त) = 'joined with dharma and artha'

• मा: do not
• मा: निपात (Prohibition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• चिन्ता: worry
• चिन्ता: कर्म/भाव (Thing to be done/avoided)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (used as action-noun 'worry')

• क्रियताम्: let it be done
• क्रियताम्: क्रिया (Imperative predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (let it be done)

• देवाः: O gods
• देवाः: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे अपि (vocative sense)

• बृहस्पतिपुरोगमः: having Bṛhaspati as leader
• बृहस्पतिपुरोगमः: विशेषण (Qualifier: 'with Bṛhaspati in front')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहस्पति + पुरोगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (बृहस्पतिः पुरोगमः यस्य) — here used as qualifier of देवाः (collective)

Speaker

Lomaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims in the frame narrative (dvija audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lomaśa narrates as Śacī stands composed amid worried devas, raising a calming hand and directing them to proceed with Bṛhaspati at the front.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Śacī (Indrāṇī)
• Devas
• Bṛhaspati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In crisis, dharma must be paired with wise strategy (artha), and guidance should be sought from a true preceptor (Bṛhaspati).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as narrative transition within Kedārakhaṇḍa rather than direct tirtha-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; it is an instruction to proceed under Bṛhaspati’s leadership.