Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

गते देवगुरौ तस्मिन्विमनस्काऽभवन्सुराः । यक्षा नागाः सगंधर्वा ऋषयोऽपि तथा द्विजाः

Transliteration

gate devagurau tasminvimanaskā'bhavansurāḥ | yakṣā nāgāḥ sagaṃdharvā ṛṣayo'pi tathā dvijāḥ

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อเทวคุรุนั้นจากไป เหล่าเทวะก็เศร้าหมอง ยักษะ นาค พร้อมคันธรรพ์ ตลอดจนฤๅษีและพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ก็ทุกข์ร้อนเช่นเดียวกัน

Word by Word

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन (locative absolute) भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सप्तमी एकवचन रूपम्; ‘देवगुरौ’ इति सह; when (he) had gone

• देवगुरौ: in/when the guru of the gods (Bṛhaspati)
• देवगुरौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देव + गुरु (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘देवानां गुरुः’); Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Locative, Singular

• विमनस्काः: dejected, dispirited
• विमनस्काः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सुराः इति विशेषणम्; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: became
• अभवन्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Imperfect, 3rd person, Plural

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यक्षाः: yakṣas
• यक्षाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नागाः: nāgas (serpents)
• नागाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सगन्धर्वाः: together with gandharvas
• सगन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘स’ उपसर्गवत् (सहितार्थक) = ‘गन्धर्वैः सह’; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• द्विजाः: brāhmaṇas (twice-born)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

Lomāśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide celestial assembly: devas with lowered faces, yakṣas and nāgas subdued, gandharvas silent with instruments lowered, sages and brāhmaṇas in worried contemplation; the space feels emptied by the guru’s absence.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati (Deva-guru)
• Devas
• Yakṣas
• Nāgas
• Gandharvas
• Ṛṣis
• Dwijas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The presence of a true teacher sustains harmony; when wisdom departs, even great communities lose heart and stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the passage is cosmological and ethical rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.