Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

एवंविधास्ते सुरसिद्धयक्षा गंधर्वविद्याधरपन्नगा ह्यमी । शिवेन सार्द्धं परिहृष्टचित्ता द्रष्टुं ययुस्तं वरदं च शांकरिम्

Transliteration

evaṃvidhāste surasiddhayakṣā gaṃdharvavidyādharapannagā hyamī | śivena sārddhaṃ parihṛṣṭacittā draṣṭuṃ yayustaṃ varadaṃ ca śāṃkarim

Translation

เหล่านั้นคือเหล่าเทวะ สิทธะ ยักษะ คันธรรพ์ วิทยาธร และนาคา ครั้นอยู่ร่วมกับพระศิวะ ใจของพวกเขาปิติยินดีนัก จึงพากันไปเพื่อเฝ้าดูพระกุมารผู้ประทานพร และพระศางกรี (พระปารวตี) ด้วย

Word by Word

• एवंविधाः: such (as these)
• एवंविधाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; 'of such a kind'

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• सुरसिद्धयक्षाः: devas, siddhas and yakṣas
• सुरसिद्धयक्षाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (devas, siddhas, yakṣas)

• गन्धर्वविद्याधरपन्नगाः: gandharvas, vidyādharas and nāgas
• गन्धर्वविद्याधरपन्नगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्याधर (प्रातिपदिक) + पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (gandharvas, vidyādharas, serpents)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः (emphatic/causal particle)

• अमी: these (ones)
• अमी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम (demonstrative: 'these')

• शिवेन: with Śiva
• शिवेन: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• सार्धम्: together
• सार्धम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; सहार्थक-अव्यय (with/together)

• परिहृष्टचित्ताः: with delighted hearts
• परिहृष्टचित्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + हृष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; 'परिहृष्टं चित्तं येषाम्' (joyful-minded); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) + तत्पुरुषसमास

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावः (infinitive): 'to see'

• ययुः: went
• ययुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• वरदम्: boon-giving
• वरदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; 'boon-giving'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• शाङ्करिम्: Śāṅkarī (Pārvatī)
• शाङ्करिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाङ्करी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; 'Śaṅkara’s (consort)' = पार्वतीम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced; Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand procession of devas, siddhas, yakṣas, gandharvas, vidyādharas, and nāgas moving with Śiva toward the darśana of the boon-giving divine child (Gaṅgeya/Skanda) and Śāṅkarī (Pārvatī), their faces radiant with joy.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śāṅkarī (Pārvatī)
• Devas
• Siddhas
• Yakṣas
• Gandharvas
• Vidyādharas
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sacredness draws all orders of beings toward darśana; joy and reverence arise naturally around Śiva and Śāṅkarī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra and its divine environs, portrayed as a meeting-ground for celestial beings in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; the act emphasized is darśana—seeking the sight of the boon-giving divinity with devotion.