Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अनेकागमसंवीता यथातत्त्वमुदाहृताः । कापालिकानां भेदाश्च प्रोक्ता व्याससमासतः

Transliteration

anekāgamasaṃvītā yathātattvamudāhṛtāḥ | kāpālikānāṃ bhedāśca proktā vyāsasamāsataḥ

Translation

คำสอนเหล่านี้ตั้งมั่นด้วยอาคมมากมาย และกล่าวตามสภาวะความจริง ส่วนความแตกต่างของคาปาลิกะนั้น ก็ได้บรรยายทั้งแบบพิสดารและแบบย่อโดยสรุป

Word by Word

• अनेकागमसंवीताः: accompanied by many Āgamas / supported by many scriptures
• अनेकागमसंवीताः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक + आगम + संवीत (प्रातिपदिके; सं-वी (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• यथातत्त्वम्: according to reality / as it truly is
• यथातत्त्वम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + तत्त्व (अव्ययीभाव-समास)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• उदाहृताः: were stated / were explained
• उदाहृताः: Kriya (Predicative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय

• कापालिकानाम्: of the Kāpālikas
• कापालिकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कापालिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भेदाः: divisions / types
• भेदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• प्रोक्ताः: were spoken / were taught
• प्रोक्ताः: Kriya (Predicative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय

• व्याससमासतः: briefly / in summary
• व्याससमासतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व्यास + समास + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) — 'in brief/summary'

Speaker

Lomaśa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: Lomaśa enumerates āgama-based teachings and distinguishes Kāpālika divisions, with palm-leaf manuscripts and attentive sages in an āśrama near the Himalayan shrine route.

Characters & Entities

• Āgama
• Kāpālika

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva dharma is presented as Āgama-supported and internally diverse, yet meant to be understood truthfully and carefully.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra remains the narrative setting; the verse emphasizes doctrinal mapping rather than a single local shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it notes the Āgamic grounding and classification of Śaiva groups (including Kāpālikas).