Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

भुंजतो विविधान्भोगान्देववद्विचरंति ते । इंद्रेण सहिताः सर्वे संसारे च पतंत्यथ

Transliteration

bhuṃjato vividhānbhogāndevavadvicaraṃti te | iṃdreṇa sahitāḥ sarve saṃsāre ca pataṃtyatha

Translation

وہ طرح طرح کے لذّات سے بہرہ مند ہوتے ہیں اور دیوتاؤں کی مانند گھومتے پھرتے ہیں؛ سب اندَر کے ساتھ رہتے ہیں، مگر پھر آخرکار دوبارہ سنسار کے چکر میں جا گرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• भुञ्जतः: (they) enjoy
• भुञ्जतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (Dual); परस्मैपद

• विविधान्: various
• विविधान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देववत्: like gods
• देववत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देव + वत् (प्रातिपदिक; वत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of comparison: 'like a god')

• विचरन्ति: they roam
• विचरन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चर् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• इन्द्रेण: with Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Sahakaraka / Karana (Instrument/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सहिताः: accompanied
• सहिताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त; √सह् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• संसारे: in the world (cycle of existence)
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-समुच्चय (conjunction 'and')

• पतन्ति: they fall
• पतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle: 'then/thereupon')

Speaker

Kālanemi (continuing speech, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame, typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Celestial beings enjoy divine pleasures with Indra in a radiant svarga-court, but a shadow of falling back into worldly existence looms behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Saṃsāra
• Asuras (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even heavenly pleasure is temporary; without liberation, beings return to saṃsāra—hence the higher aim is mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra remains the broader textual locus; this verse gives a general doctrine rather than a site-specific praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.