Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

अश्वत्थसेविनश्चान्ये खेचराश्च तथा परे । येये यत्रोपविष्टाश्च तत्रतत्रैव तेन वै

Transliteration

aśvatthasevinaścānye khecarāśca tathā pare | yeye yatropaviṣṭāśca tatratatraiva tena vai

Translation

และยังมีผู้บำเพ็ญสักการะแก่ต้นอัศวัตถะ (โพธิ์/มะเดื่อศักดิ์สิทธิ์) อีกทั้งเหล่าเขจรผู้ท่องนภา; ผู้ใดนั่งอยู่ ณ ที่ใด วิศวกรรมะก็จัดการให้เหมาะสม ณ ที่นั้นเอง

Word by Word

• अश्वत्थसेविनः: servants/devotees of the aśvattha tree
• अश्वत्थसेविनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वत्थसेविन् (प्रातिपदिक) [अश्वत्थ + सेविन्]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अश्वत्थस्य सेविनः/सेवकाः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• खेचराः: sky-goers (aerial beings)
• खेचराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खेचर (प्रातिपदिक) [ख + चर]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (खे चरन्ति)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयवाचक (adverb: likewise)

• परे: others (the rest)
• परे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; विशेषण/संज्ञावत् (others, the rest)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक

• ये: who (whoever)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• उपविष्टाः: seated
• उपविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ye इत्यस्य)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• तत्र: in each such place
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (distributive repetition)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात

• तेन: by him / by that
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण/सहायकवाचक (by him/thereby)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedārakṣetra (aśvattha-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand aśvattha tree stands near Kedāra’s shrines; devotees and subtle beings gather—some seated in meditation, others hovering in the sky. Viśvakarmā gestures, and each station gains an appropriate dwelling or shrine-marker.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā (implied)
• Aśvattha (sacred fig)
• Khecaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred order includes reverence for holy trees and recognition of diverse beings; dharma accommodates all within a consecrated setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred precinct is implied; the verse highlights kṣetra features like sacred trees and resident beings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; it indicates that appropriate placements/arrangements were made for all, wherever they were situated.