Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

त्वया यथा तपस्तप्तमिदानीं मुनिसत्तम । तथा तप्तं तपस्तेन धर्मेण हरसेविना

Transliteration

tvayā yathā tapastaptamidānīṃ munisattama | tathā taptaṃ tapastena dharmeṇa harasevinā

Translation

O Bester der Weisen, wie du jetzt Askese geübt hast, so wurde hier auch von jenem Dharma Tapas vollzogen, dem Hara (Śiva) ergebenen Diener.

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (करण/Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Prakara (प्रकार/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (comparative/manner: ‘as’)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तप्तम्: performed/undertaken
• तप्तम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘तपः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ‘now’)

• मुनिसत्तम: O best of sages
• मुनिसत्तम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—मुनीनां सत्तमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: Prakara (प्रकार/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner: ‘so, in the same way’)

• तप्तम्: performed
• तप्तम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तपः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तपः: the austerity
• तपः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject, implied ‘is’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वाक्ये विषय/उद्देश्य (topic)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• धर्मेण: by Dharma
• धर्मेण: Karana (करण/Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘तेन’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• हरसेविना: by the devotee/servant of Hari
• हरसेविना: Karana (करण/Instrument, qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक) + सेविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—हरं सेवते इति/हरस्य सेविन् (उपपद-तत्पुरुष); विशेषणम् (धर्मेण)

Speaker

Hari (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni-sattama (explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator gestures to the same spot where a present sage performs austerity, overlaying a visionary image of Dharma performing identical tapas, both oriented toward Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Hara
• Śiva
• Dharmapuṣkariṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha carries a lineage of austerity—one’s present practice is strengthened by the precedent of earlier holy exemplars.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmapuṣkariṇī and its bank, renowned for tapas performed by Dharma and later seekers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas at the tīrtha, following the example of Dharma, the devotee of Hara.