Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एभिः समेतो ह्यधुनामहामते यतस्व शीघ्रं शिवमत्र चानय । देवैः समेतं च महर्षिवर्यैः सुरासुरैर्चितपादपंकजम्

Transliteration

ebhiḥ sameto hyadhunāmahāmate yatasva śīghraṃ śivamatra cānaya | devaiḥ sametaṃ ca maharṣivaryaiḥ surāsuraircitapādapaṃkajam

Translation

โอ้ท่านผู้มีปัญญาอันยิ่งใหญ่ บัดนี้เมื่อมาพร้อมกับเหล่านี้แล้ว จงเร่งเพียรพยายาม นำพระศิวะมายังที่นี้ พร้อมด้วยเหล่าเทวะและมหาฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐ—ผู้ซึ่งดอกบัวแห่งพระบาทได้รับการบูชาจากทั้งเทวะและอสูร

Word by Word

• एभिः: with these
• एभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे/स्त्रीलिङ्गे (common), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समेतः: accompanied, joined
• समेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + इ (धातु) → समेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महा + मति (कर्मधारय), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यतस्व: strive, make effort
• यतस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb), अव्यय-प्रयोग

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine; देवता-नाम), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

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

• आनय: bring
• आनय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समेतम्: accompanied
• समेतम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + इ (धातु) → समेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• महर्षिवर्यैः: with the foremost great sages
• महर्षिवर्यैः: Karaṇa (Association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि + वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महर्षि-वर्य (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष: ‘महर्षीणां वर्यैः’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सुरासुरैः: by gods and asuras
• सुरासुरैः: Karaṇa (Association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सुर + असुर (द्वन्द्व), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अर्चित: worshipped
• अर्चित: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) → अर्चित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter; in compound), प्रातिपदिक-रूप

• पाद: feet
• पाद: Sambandha (Part/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine; in compound), प्रातिपदिक-रूप

• पंकजम्: lotus
• पंकजम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पंकज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समस्तपद-अन्त (ending member of compound)

Speaker

Nārada (addressing Himavān/‘king of mountains’, deduced from flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage exhorts a wise interlocutor to hurry and bring Śiva to the sacred place; in the background, devas, ṛṣis, and even asuras are shown reverently worshipping Śiva’s lotus-feet, suggesting Śiva’s trans-cosmic sovereignty.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śiva
• Devas
• Asuras
• Maharṣis
• Himavān (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the universal refuge, revered across cosmic divisions; sincere effort in service to the Divine is praised.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra in the Himālaya, envisioned as a gathering-place worthy of Śiva’s arrival with gods and sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No fixed rite; the devotional theme is sevā—active effort to facilitate Śiva’s darśana for the assembled beings.