Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

महाविद्याबलेनैव प्रविश्य मण्डपेऽधुना । पर्वतो हिमवानेष तथान्ये पर्वतोत्तमाः

Transliteration

mahāvidyābalenaiva praviśya maṇḍape'dhunā | parvato himavāneṣa tathānye parvatottamāḥ

Translation

সেই মহাবিদ্যাৰ বলতেই এতিয়া মণ্ডপত প্ৰৱেশ কৰা; ইয়াত হিমৱান (হিমালয়) আছে, আৰু আন আন শ্ৰেষ্ঠ, অগ্ৰগণ্য পৰ্বতো আছে।

Word by Word

• महाविद्या-बलेन: by the power of the great vidyā
• महाविद्या-बलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाविद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महाविद्यायाः बलम्)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having entered)

• मण्डपे: in the pavilion
• मण्डपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kriya (Temporal adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• पर्वतः: the mountain
• पर्वतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• हिमवान्: Himavān (the Himalaya)
• हिमवान्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• एष: this
• एष: Karta (Deictic/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: in like manner)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पर्वत-उत्तमाः: excellent mountains
• पर्वत-उत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (उत्तमाः पर्वताः)

Speaker

Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himavān / Himalayan Kedāra-kṣetra horizon

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śrotṛs)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous pavilion opens like a cosmic diorama; within it rise Himavān and other crowned peaks, snow-bright, ringed by siddhas and subtle light, as if mountains have been summoned by mantra.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāvidyā
• Himavān
• Himalaya
• Parvatas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right means (vidyā) guided by dharma grants access to the proper place and time for accomplishing a sacred objective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse evokes the Himalayan sacred landscape central to Kedārakhaṇḍa, the broader glorification of the Kedāra region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it describes proceeding into an assembly/pavilion through the efficacy of a great vidyā.