Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यूयं देवा विजानीध्वमित्युवाचाशरीरवाक् । परं विस्मयमापन्ना ऊचुर्देवाः परस्परम्

Transliteration

yūyaṃ devā vijānīdhvamityuvācāśarīravāk | paraṃ vismayamāpannā ūcurdevāḥ parasparam

Translation

“เหล่าเทพทั้งหลาย จงเข้าใจเถิด (และกระทำตามนั้น),” เสียงไร้กายกล่าวไว้ เหล่าเทพตกตะลึงด้วยความพิศวงยิ่ง จึงสนทนากันเอง

Word by Word

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun)

• देवाः: O gods
• देवाः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि (addressed)

• विजानीध्वम्: know; understand
• विजानीध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) उपसर्ग: वि
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

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

• अशरीरवाक्: a bodiless voice
• अशरीरवाक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ- (निषेध) + शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + वाक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—'यस्या वाक् अशरीरा सा'

• परम्: great
• परम्: Modifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• विस्मयम्: astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आपन्नाः: having attained; fallen into
• आपन्नाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपद् (धातु) → आपन्न (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवाः)

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• परस्परम्: to one another
• परस्परम्: Modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (narration) with quoted aśarīrā-vāṇī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (as sacred refuge sought)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, disembodied proclamation echoes in the sky; the gods pause, astonished, then confer among themselves, their faces reflecting awe and urgency.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Aśarīrā-vāṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When higher instruction is received, one must internalize it with clarity and then deliberate responsibly before acting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the verse is part of Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s broader sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.