Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

एकैक एषां शक्तो हि अपि देवान्निवारितुम् । तीर्थसंरोधकारिण्यः सर्वा नावारयत्कथम्

Transliteration

ekaika eṣāṃ śakto hi api devānnivāritum | tīrthasaṃrodhakāriṇyaḥ sarvā nāvārayatkatham

Translation

Denn jede einzelne von ihnen vermag sogar die Götter zurückzuhalten. Wenn sie alle den Zugang zum tīrtha versperren können, wie kam es, dass sie dich nicht aufhielten?

Word by Word

• एकैकः: each (one)
• एकैकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक-एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (each one)

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• शक्तः: able
• शक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• निवारितुम्: to restrain/prevent
• निवारितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वृ (धातु) + तुमुन्
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive); ‘to restrain/prevent’

• तीर्थसंरोधकारिण्यः: (those) causing obstruction of the pilgrimage places
• तीर्थसंरोधकारिण्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ-संरोध-कारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (‘तीर्थस्य संरोधं करोति’)

• सर्वाः: all (of them)
• सर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• अवारयत्: prevented/obstructed
• अवारयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• कथम्: how/why
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

Speaker

Pārtha (Arjuna/Dhanaṃjaya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A conceptual tableau: formidable śaktis stationed at a tīrtha’s approaches, capable of halting even gods; the speaker highlights the paradox that they did not stop the present visitors.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Tīrtha (as sacred ford/place)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Entry to a tīrtha is not merely physical; it is governed by spiritual fitness and divine permission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is referenced generically; the verse emphasizes the principle of guarded sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse discusses obstruction/permission rather than a specific rite.