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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

गौरीगुरुत्वाद्धिमवानादिपत्याच्च भूभृताम् । संबंधित्वात्पशुपतेः स एको मान्यभृत्सताम्

Transliteration

gaurīgurutvāddhimavānādipatyācca bhūbhṛtām | saṃbaṃdhitvātpaśupateḥ sa eko mānyabhṛtsatām

Translation

গৌরীর পূজ্য পিতা হওয়ায়, পর্বতসমূহের মধ্যে অগ্রগণ্য হওয়ায়, এবং পশুপতি (শিব)-এর সঙ্গে সম্পর্ক থাকার কারণে—হিমবানই পর্বতদের মধ্যে একমাত্র মান্য।

Word by Word
गौरीगुरुत्वात्because of being Gaurī’s father/elder (lit. Gaurī-related ‘heaviness’)
गौरीगुरुत्वात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootगौरी-गुरुत्व (प्रातिपदिक; समास: गौरी + गुरुत्व)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ (because of)
हिमवान्Himavān (Himalaya)
हिमवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
आदिपत्यात्because of being the chief/lord
आदिपत्यात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootआदि-पत्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास: आदि + पत्य)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)
भूभृताम्of the earth-bearers (kings/mountains)
भूभृताम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभू-भृत् (प्रातिपदिक; समास: भू + भृत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धे (of the kings/mountain-bearers)
संबंधित्वात्because of relationship/connection
संबंधित्वात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootसंबंधित्व (प्रातिपदिक; भाववाचक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ
पशुपतेःof Paśupati (Śiva)
पशुपतेः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपशुपति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
एकःalone/unique
एकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
मान्यभृत्सताम्of the good who uphold honour (the noble)
मान्यभृत्सताम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमान्य-भृत्-सत् (प्रातिपदिक; समास: मान्य + भृत् + सत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; ‘मान्यं भृत्’ (honour-bearers) + ‘सत्’ (good people)
Speaker

Vindhya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (Himavān)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / internal audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himavān personified as a regal mountain-king, with Gaurī’s presence implied (lotus, feminine aura) and Śiva’s sambandha suggested by trident/linga motifs; devas honoring him.

Characters & Entities
G
Gaurī
H
Himavān
P
Paśupati (Śiva)
M
Mountains

FAQs

Honor arises from sacred association and dharmic stature—not merely from wealth or display.

No specific tirtha is named; the verse invokes Śaiva sacred relationships that resonate with Kāśī’s Śiva-centered mahātmya.

None.

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