Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

श्रीपर्वते च श्रीरंगे श्रीमद्वृद्धगिरौ तथा । चिदंबरे च वल्मीके शेषाद्रावरुणाचले

Transliteration

śrīparvate ca śrīraṃge śrīmadvṛddhagirau tathā | cidaṃbare ca valmīke śeṣādrāvaruṇācale

Translation

Ebenso auf Śrīparvata, in Śrīraṅga und am ruhmreichen Vṛddhagiri; in Cidambara, in Vālmīka sowie auf Śeṣādri und Aruṇācala — auch diese sind als heilige Sitze berühmt.

Word by Word

• श्रीपर्वते: in Śrīparvata
• श्रीपर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् पर्वतः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• श्रीरङ्गे: in Śrīraṅga
• श्रीरङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + रङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (श्रीरङ्गः)

• श्रीमद्वृद्धगिरौ: on Śrīmad-Vṛddhagiri
• श्रीमद्वृद्धगिरौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक) + वृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् वृद्धगिरिः)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (also/likewise)

• चिदम्बरे: in Cidambara (Chidambaram)
• चिदम्बरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित् (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (चिद्-अम्बरम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वल्मीके: in Valmīka (place)
• वल्मीके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्मीकि/वल्मीक (प्रातिपदिक; स्थाननाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शेषाद्रावरुणाचले: in Śeṣādri and Varuṇācala
• शेषाद्रावरुणाचले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + वरुण (प्रातिपदिक) + अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम-द्वयसमाहार), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे एकवचनप्रयोगः); समासः—समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (शेषाद्रौ च वरुणाचले च)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Multiple kṣetras (Śrīparvata/Śrīśaila; Śrīraṅga; Vṛddhagiri; Cidambara; Śeṣādri; Aruṇācala; Vālmīka)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ‘southern kṣetra garland’ panorama: Śrīśailam on a forested hill, Śrīraṅgam’s vast temple corridors, Chidambaram’s golden hall, Arunachala as a fiery-red mountain, and Tirumala’s seven hills—pilgrims moving between them.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīparvata
• Śrīraṅga
• Vṛddhagiri
• Cidambara
• Vālmīka
• Śeṣādri
• Aruṇācala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma honors multiple divya-kṣetras—Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava centers alike—within one sacred landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrīparvata, Śrīraṅga, Vṛddhagiri, Cidambara, Vālmīka-kṣetra, Śeṣādri, and Aruṇācala are named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse enumerates revered kṣetras to frame Setu’s broader tīrtha-network.