Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

बहुमन्दारसंयुक्तं तेन मन्दारकं विदुः । विप्रो दीर्घतपा नाम सर्वदा तत्र तिष्ठति

Transliteration

bahumandārasaṃyuktaṃ tena mandārakaṃ viduḥ | vipro dīrghatapā nāma sarvadā tatra tiṣṭhati

Translation

Weil er reich an mandāra-Bäumen ist, nennt man ihn Mandāraka. Dort weilt stets ein Brāhmaṇa namens Dīrghatapas.

Word by Word

• बहु: many, much
• बहु: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; 'मन्दार' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मन्दार: Mandāra trees
• मन्दार: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (बहुमन्दारसंयुक्तम्)

• संयुक्तम्: connected with many Mandāras, full of Mandāras
• संयुक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुमन्दारसंयुक्तम् = बहुभिः मन्दारैः संयुक्तम् (तत्पुरुष)

• तेन: therefore, by that
• तेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (हेतु/करण), एकवचन

• मन्दारकम्: (it) Mandāraka (name)
• मन्दारकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• विदुः: they know/call
• विदुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्ण), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• विप्रः: a brahmin
• विप्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दीर्घतपाः: one of long austerity (Dīrghatapā)
• दीर्घतपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + तपस्/तप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दीर्घतपाः = दीर्घं तपो यस्य सः (बहुव्रीहि)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (naming particle)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तिष्ठति: stays, resides
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate narrative context in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandāraka (Mandāravana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mandāra trees in profusion; a simple hermitage where the brāhmaṇa Dīrghatapas sits in steady austerity, suggesting timeless residence.

Characters & Entities

• Mandāraka
• Dīrghatapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha or sacred place is often defined by sanctity-bearing natural markers (like sacred trees) and the steady tapas of realized residents.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mandāraka, a mandāra-filled sacred locale within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse establishes the place-name and the presence of an ascetic brāhmaṇa.