Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवः पर्वताश्च महाप्रभाः । स्नेहार्द्दितास्तदाजग्मुः कुमारं च परीप्सवः

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ parvatāśca mahāprabhāḥ | snehārdditāstadājagmuḥ kumāraṃ ca parīpsavaḥ

Translation

ภูเขาเหล่านี้และภูเขาอื่นอีกมากผู้รุ่งเรืองยิ่ง ถูกความรักศรัทธากระตุ้น จึงมาชุมนุม ณ ที่นั้น—ปรารถนาจะคุ้มครองและยืนเคียงข้างกุมาร

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'others' अर्थे

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

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (पर्वताः इत्यस्य)

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• महाप्रभाः: of great splendor
• महाप्रभाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती प्रभा यस्य/येषाम्) विशेषणम् (पर्वताः)

• स्नेहार्दिताः: afflicted/overcome by affection
• स्नेहार्दिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नेह + अर्दित (कृदन्त; √अर्द् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्नेहेन अर्दिताः/स्नेहस्य अर्दिताः)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• आजग्मुः: came
• आजग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• कुमारम्: to the Kumāra
• कुमारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

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

• परीप्सवः: desiring to obtain (him)
• परीप्सवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + √आप् (धातु) → ईप्सु (कृदन्त; desiderative sense)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ईप्सु-प्रत्ययान्त (desiderative agent adjective)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand gathering: radiant mountains, some with lion-like strength, others with serene faces, arriving with devas; their ‘affection’ shown as folded hands, offerings of flowers, and protective stance around Kumāra.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāra (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• Parvatas (mountain deities/embodiments)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is threatened, even the natural world is portrayed as rallying in support—devotion becomes cosmic solidarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakṣetra’s Mahātmya frame is reinforced by depicting the wider sacred landscape (parvatas) converging around the divine hero.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.