Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

जाता ह्यमी भूतगणाश्च सर्वे ह्यमी ऋषयो ह्यमी देवताश्च

Transliteration

jātā hyamī bhūtagaṇāśca sarve hyamī ṛṣayo hyamī devatāśca

Translation

یقیناً یہ سب بھوت گن پیدا ہوتے ہیں؛ یہ رشی بھی پیدا ہوتے ہیں، اور یہ دیوتا بھی پیدا ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• जाताः: born; arisen
• जाताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जन् (कृदन्त: जात)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; विधेयविशेषणम् (भूतगणाः/ऋषयः/देवताः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• अमी: these (those)
• अमी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• भूतगणाः: hosts of beings
• भूतगणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत + गण (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (भूत-गण = ‘group of beings’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (भूतगणाः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• अमी: these
• अमी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• अमी: these
• अमी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speaker

Unspecified (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context: Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharmarāja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic cosmic scene: rows of beings—bhūtas, sages, gods—emerging from a womb-like cosmic lotus, indicating universal birth; Skanda’s teaching anchors the image.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Devatās
• Bhūtagaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even exalted categories—sages and gods—belong to the manifested order; the teaching points toward a reality beyond mere birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Kedārakhaṇḍa (Kedāra/Kedarnath region), though this verse itself is philosophical rather than descriptive of a single spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse states a cosmological truth about manifested beings.