Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा गताः सर्वे देवा देव्यस्त्वदृश्यताम् । भीमोऽपि तं समादाय पांडुभ्यः सर्वमूचिवान्

Transliteration

evamuktvā gatāḥ sarve devā devyastvadṛśyatām | bhīmo'pi taṃ samādāya pāṃḍubhyaḥ sarvamūcivān

Translation

如此说罢，诸天与诸女神皆离去而隐没不见。毗摩亦携他同往，将一切经过尽告般度五子。

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriyā (Non-finite verb; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• gatāḥ: gone / departed
• gatāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) प्रयुक्तः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (agreeing with subject)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन

• devyaḥ: the goddesses
• devyaḥ: Kartā (Subject; coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन

• tu: but / indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• adṛśyatām: became invisible / disappeared (lit. ‘let (them) be unseen’)
• adṛśyatām: Kriyā (Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense) आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; नकारार्थे/आशीर्लिङ्गार्थे—‘अदृश्यताम्’ (let (them) become invisible / disappear)

• bhīmaḥ: Bhīma
• bhīmaḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma (भीम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• samādāya: having taken (him)
• samādāya: Kriyā (Non-finite verb; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-dā (आ + दा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); सम्-उपसर्गयुक्त; ‘समादाय’ = having taken up

• pāṃḍubhyaḥ: to the sons of Pāṇḍu / to the Pāṇḍavas
• pāṃḍubhyaḥ: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṃḍu (पाण्डु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th, dative) बहुवचन

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; कर्मपद

• ūcivān: said / told
• ūcivān: Kriyā (Predicate; ‘said’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (perfective past participle, active sense); पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liminal riverside/forest tīrtha: devas and devīs fade into invisibility like dissolving light; Bhīma stands foreground, guiding a rescued/relieved figure, turning toward the assembled Pāṇḍavas to narrate the event.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Devīs
• Bhīma
• Pāṇḍavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine encounters may be brief and subtle, but their guidance should be faithfully conveyed and acted upon.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named in this verse; it transitions the story back to the Pāṇḍavas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative linkage.