Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

ेवं भग्नोद्यमा जाता असुराःसुरदानवाः । चेतनां परमां प्राप्तास्तुष्टुवुर्जगदीश्वरम्

Transliteration

ेvaṃ bhagnodyamā jātā asurāḥsuradānavāḥ | cetanāṃ paramāṃ prāptāstuṣṭuvurjagadīśvaram

Translation

ดังนี้เมื่อความเพียรของพวกเขาพังทลาย หมู่อสูรและเหล่าเทวะ/ทานวะก็ได้สติ ครั้นบรรลุความรู้สึกตัวอันประเสริฐแล้ว จึงสรรเสริญพระผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งจักรวาล (ชคทีศวร)

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus)

• भग्नोद्यमाः: whose efforts were broken
• भग्नोद्यमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भग्न + उद्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (भग्नः उद्यमः येषाम्); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• जाताः: having become
• जाताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• असुराः: asuras
• असुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सुरदानवाः: gods and dānavas
• सुरदानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (सुराश्च दानवाश्च); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• चेतनाम्: consciousness/awareness
• चेतनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with चेतनाम्)

• प्राप्ताः: having attained
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तुष्टुवुः: praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• जगदीश्वरम्: the Lord of the world
• जगदीश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः ईश्वरः); पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After chaos, devas and asuras rise, regain composure, and together offer hymns to Jagadīśvara; hands folded, faces serene, a luminous presence implied above or within the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Jagadīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When strength and strategy fail, clarity arises through humility—leading beings to seek refuge in the Supreme Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a theological pivot within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes praise (stuti) as the immediate response.