Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा तदा महादेवस्तस्योपरि तु संस्थितः । निवासः सर्वदेवानां तस्याः पादतलेऽभवत्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā tadā mahādevastasyopari tu saṃsthitaḥ | nivāsaḥ sarvadevānāṃ tasyāḥ pādatale'bhavat

Translation

یہ دیکھ کر مہادیو اس کے اوپر کھڑے ہو گئے؛ اور ان کے قدموں کے نیچے تمام دیوتاؤں کا مسکن بن گیا۔

Word by Word

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having seen)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् देवः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasya: of him/its
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• upari: above/on
• upari: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upari (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb/preposition: 'above/on')

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: contrast/emphasis)

• saṃsthitaḥ: stood/was stationed
• saṃsthitaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त) → saṃsthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle: 'stood/placed'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying mahādevaḥ)

• nivāsaḥ: abode/dwelling
• nivāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nivāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sarvadevānām: of all the gods
• sarvadevānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वे देवाः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• pādatale: at the sole of the foot
• pādatale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पादतल = 'sole of the foot'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• abhavat: became/was
• abhavat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nivāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva, calm amid ruin, places his foot upon the whirling destructive mass; the turbulence subsides around his feet, and devas gather below in a newly formed radiant abode.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Śiva
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s stabilizing presence turns chaos into refuge; the divine transforms calamity into a sanctified dwelling for the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Kedārakhaṇḍa site whose identity is tied to “Nivāsa” (abode) and the act of Mahādeva standing there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides a sthāna-origin (etiology) rather than a ritual rule.