Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

दिवानिशं वसंत्यत्र पर्वते गंधमादने । अत्र गौरी सदा तुष्टा हरेण सह वर्तते । अत्र किन्नरकांतानां क्रीडा जागर्ति नित्यशः । तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण बुद्धिसौख्यं नृणां भवेत्

Transliteration

divāniśaṃ vasaṃtyatra parvate gaṃdhamādane | atra gaurī sadā tuṣṭā hareṇa saha vartate | atra kinnarakāṃtānāṃ krīḍā jāgarti nityaśaḥ | tasya darśanamātreṇa buddhisaukhyaṃ nṛṇāṃ bhavet

Translation

Tag und Nacht wohnen sie dort auf dem Berge Gandhamādana. Dort bleibt Gaurī stets erfreut und weilt zusammen mit Hara (Śiva). Dort ist das Spiel der Geliebten der Kinnaras immerdar wach. Schon beim bloßen Anblick dieses Berges erlangen die Menschen Ruhe und Glück des Geistes und der Einsicht.

Word by Word

• divāniśam: day and night
• divāniśam: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā + niśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे द्वन्द्वसमासः; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial: 'day and night')

• vasanti: they dwell
• vasanti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb: here)

• parvate: on the mountain
• parvate: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• gandhamādane: on Gandhamādana (mountain)
• gandhamādane: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandhamādana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/उपपद-समासः (gandha + āmādana: 'fragrance-producing')

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम्

• gaurī: Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• gaurī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (always)

• tuṣṭā: pleased, satisfied
• tuṣṭā: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (gaurī)

• hareṇa: with Hara (Śiva)
• hareṇa: Sahakari (Association/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (Association/सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्ययम् (preposition-like: with)

• vartate: dwells, remains
• vartate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम्

• kinnarākāntānām: of the Kinnara maidens
• kinnarākāntānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kinnara + kāntā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kinnarāṇāṃ kāntāḥ: 'wives/beloveds of Kinnaras')

• krīḍā: play, sport
• krīḍā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jāgarti: is awake, thrives
• jāgarti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jāgṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• nityaśaḥ: continually
• nityaśaḥ: Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकाराधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/आवृत्तिवाचक-अव्ययम् (continually, always)

• tasya: of it/that (place)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• darśanamātreṇa: by mere sight
• darśanamātreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (darśanasya mātram: 'mere seeing'); करणत्वे तृतीया

• buddhisaukhyam: mental happiness
• buddhisaukhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi + saukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (buddheḥ saukhyam: 'happiness of mind/intellect')

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• bhavet: would arise/becomes
• bhavet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana (Setu-mārga)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fragrant, luminous mountain rising near the sea-route; Śiva and Gaurī seated in serene union; Kinnara couples in perpetual celestial play amid flowering groves; pilgrims gazing from afar with minds becoming calm and bright.

Characters & Entities

• Gandhamādana
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Kinnara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places sanctified by Śiva and Pārvatī grant inner clarity; even darśana (mere seeing) bestows mental well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gandhamādana Mountain within the Setukhaṇḍa sacred geography associated with Setu (Rāma’s bridge) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the stated practice is darśana—visiting and beholding the sacred mountain.