Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

एवं तु ऋषयः सर्वे तथानये विबुधादयः । योगिनो हि मया चान्ये कथिताः पूर्वमेव हि

Transliteration

evaṃ tu ṛṣayaḥ sarve tathānaye vibudhādayaḥ | yogino hi mayā cānye kathitāḥ pūrvameva hi

Translation

ดังนี้เหล่าฤๅษีทั้งปวง และในทำนองเดียวกันเหล่าเทพและหมู่อื่น ๆ ก็อยู่พร้อม/รับใช้ ณ ที่นั้น ส่วนโยคีอื่น ๆ นั้น เราได้กล่าวไว้ก่อนหน้านี้แล้ว

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/निगमन (adverb: thus)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (particle: but/indeed)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; (agreeing with ṛṣayaḥ)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘likewise’

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• विबुधादयः: the gods and others
• विबुधादयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘विबुधाः आदयः येषां ते’ (group headed by gods)

• योगिनः: yogins
• योगिनः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय (indeed)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण/Instrument; agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; (understood with yoginaḥ)

• कथिताः: have been told/mentioned
• कथिताः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (with implied ‘सन्ति’)

• पूर्वम्: earlier
• पूर्वम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावप्रायम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: earlier)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle: just/only)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय (indeed)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrotṛ community / interlocutors in Kedāra-mahātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, structured gathering: rows of sages with matted hair and deer-skins, devas with crowns and luminous bodies, and yogins seated in meditation—an orderly cosmic congregation in the Kedāra landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣi
• Vibudha (Devas)
• Yogin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames the kṣetra as a meeting-ground of sages, gods, and yogic powers, reinforcing the sanctity and authority of the tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakṣetra (Kedāra), presented as a locus where divine and sage assemblies converge.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it functions as a narrative linkage, indicating prior description of yogic hosts.