Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

गतेषु लोकपालेषु विद्रुतेषु सुरेषु च । यज्ञवाटे समायातो वीरभद्रो गणान्वतः

Transliteration

gateṣu lokapāleṣu vidruteṣu sureṣu ca | yajñavāṭe samāyāto vīrabhadro gaṇānvataḥ

Translation

ครั้นโลกบาลหนีไปแล้ว และเหล่าเทพก็แตกกระเจิงด้วยความหวาดกลัว วีรภัทรจึงมาถึงลานยัญพิธี พร้อมด้วยหมู่คณะของพระศิวะ

Word by Word

• गतेषु: when (they) had gone
• गतेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute: when they had gone)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• लोकपालेषु: in/among the world-guardians
• लोकपालेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी-संबद्ध

• विद्रुतेषु: when (they) had fled
• विद्रुतेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute: when they had fled)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + द्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी

• सुरेषु: among the gods
• सुरेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी-संबद्ध

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

• यज्ञवाटे: in the sacrificial enclosure
• यज्ञवाटे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञवाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• समायातः: having arrived
• समायातः: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्तरि

• वीरभद्रः: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• गणान्वतः: accompanied by troops
• गणान्वतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गण + अन्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (गणाः अन्विताः यस्य सः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) audience/interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formidable procession: Vīrabhadra strides into the sacrificial arena; gaṇas surge behind him; abandoned ritual implements and scattered devas mark the aftermath.

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Lokapāla
• Sura
• Gaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual without reverence for Śiva (and without humility) cannot stand; dharma is upheld not by pomp but by inner alignment with the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa frames the sanctity of the Kedāra region; this verse specifically describes the yajña-vāṭa scene from the Dakṣa episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it references the yajña-vāṭa (sacrificial arena) as a narrative setting.