Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

एवं संभाष्य भगवान्विष्णुः परममङ्गलः । वाली चेन्द्रांशसंभूतः सुग्रीवों शुमतः सुतः

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃbhāṣya bhagavānviṣṇuḥ paramamaṅgalaḥ | vālī cendrāṃśasaṃbhūtaḥ sugrīvoṃ śumataḥ sutaḥ

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระภควานวิษณุผู้เป็นมงคลยิ่ง (ทรงกำหนดว่า) วาลีบังเกิดจากส่วนแห่งพระจันทร์ และสุครีวะเป็นบุตรของศุมตะ

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• संभाष्य: having spoken
• संभाष्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाले (having spoken/conversed)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (in apposition to भगवान्)

• परम-मङ्गलः: supremely auspicious
• परम-मङ्गलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama + maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying विष्णुः/भगवान्)

• वाली: Vālī
• वाली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vālī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• इन्द्र-अंश-संभूतः: born from a portion of Indra
• इन्द्र-अंश-संभूतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: indra + aṃśa + saṃbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वाली); (इन्द्रस्य अंशात् संभूतः)

• सुग्रीवः: Sugrīva
• सुग्रीवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sugrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुमतः: of Śumata
• शुमतः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śumata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu, radiant and auspicious, completes his counsel; a visionary tableau shows Vālī emerging with lunar radiance and Sugrīva connected to Śumata’s lineage, foreshadowing vānaras’ heroic role.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vālī
• Candra (Moon)
• Sugrīva
• Śumata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s auspicious will arranges cosmic births to uphold Dharma and support divine missions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Kedāra Khaṇḍa (Kedarnath region), though this verse focuses on divine genealogies rather than a single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is descriptive (origins of key allies in the Rāma narrative).