Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

विद्याधराणां सिद्धानां गंधर्वाणां महौजसाम् । इंद्रादिलोकपालानां लोकेषु च यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

vidyādharāṇāṃ siddhānāṃ gaṃdharvāṇāṃ mahaujasām | iṃdrādilokapālānāṃ lokeṣu ca yathākramam

Translation

依次第而行，他游历持明者（Vidyādhara）、成就者（Siddha）、大威德的乾闼婆（Gandharva），以及以因陀罗为首的护世天诸界。

Word by Word

• विद्याधराणाम्: of the Vidyādharas
• विद्याधराणाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (√धृ धातु, अण्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘विद्यां धरन्ति’); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• सिद्धानाम्: of the Siddhas
• सिद्धानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (√सिध् धातु, क्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• गन्धर्वाणाम्: of the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाणाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• महौजसाम्: of the great-splendoured
• महौजसाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘महत् ओजः येषाम्’—usage adjectival); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; qualifies preceding groups

• इन्द्रादिलोकपालानाम्: of the world-guardians beginning with Indra
• इन्द्रादिलोकपालानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + लोकपाल (लोक + पाल(√पा धातु, अण्))
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (‘इन्द्रादयः लोकपालाः’); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

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

• यथाक्रमम्: in due order
• यथाक्रमम्: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Deva-lokas (graded realms)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveling celestial figure moves through successive sky-realms: Vidyādharas with magical scrolls, Siddhas in yogic radiance, Gandharvas with instruments, and finally the Lokapālas in regal courts beginning with Indra.

Characters & Entities

• Vidyādhara
• Siddha
• Gandharva
• Indra
• Lokapāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit (puṇya) is depicted as granting orderly ascent through exalted cosmic realms, reflecting Purāṇic sacred cosmology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse describes cosmological destinations rather than a terrestrial pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is stated here; it continues the results promised for the preceding Shaiva observance.