Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एभिः समेतो ह्यधुनामहामते यतस्व शीघ्रं शिवमत्र चानय । देवैः समेतं च महर्षिवर्यैः सुरासुरैर्चितपादपंकजम्

Transliteration

ebhiḥ sameto hyadhunāmahāmate yatasva śīghraṃ śivamatra cānaya | devaiḥ sametaṃ ca maharṣivaryaiḥ surāsuraircitapādapaṃkajam

Translation

اے صاحبِ رائے و دانا! اب اِن کے ساتھ ہو کر فوراً کوشش کر؛ شِو کو یہاں لے آ، دیوتاؤں اور برگزیدہ مہارشیوں کے ساتھ—اُس کے کمل جیسے قدم جن کی پوجا دیو اور اسور دونوں کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• एभिः: with these
• एभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे/स्त्रीलिङ्गे (common), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समेतः: accompanied, joined
• समेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + इ (धातु) → समेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महा + मति (कर्मधारय), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यतस्व: strive, make effort
• यतस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb), अव्यय-प्रयोग

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine; देवता-नाम), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

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

• आनय: bring
• आनय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समेतम्: accompanied
• समेतम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + इ (धातु) → समेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• महर्षिवर्यैः: with the foremost great sages
• महर्षिवर्यैः: Karaṇa (Association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि + वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महर्षि-वर्य (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष: ‘महर्षीणां वर्यैः’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सुरासुरैः: by gods and asuras
• सुरासुरैः: Karaṇa (Association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सुर + असुर (द्वन्द्व), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अर्चित: worshipped
• अर्चित: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) → अर्चित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter; in compound), प्रातिपदिक-रूप

• पाद: feet
• पाद: Sambandha (Part/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine; in compound), प्रातिपदिक-रूप

• पंकजम्: lotus
• पंकजम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पंकज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समस्तपद-अन्त (ending member of compound)

Speaker

Nārada (addressing Himavān/‘king of mountains’, deduced from flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage exhorts a wise interlocutor to hurry and bring Śiva to the sacred place; in the background, devas, ṛṣis, and even asuras are shown reverently worshipping Śiva’s lotus-feet, suggesting Śiva’s trans-cosmic sovereignty.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śiva
• Devas
• Asuras
• Maharṣis
• Himavān (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the universal refuge, revered across cosmic divisions; sincere effort in service to the Divine is praised.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra in the Himālaya, envisioned as a gathering-place worthy of Śiva’s arrival with gods and sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No fixed rite; the devotional theme is sevā—active effort to facilitate Śiva’s darśana for the assembled beings.