Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

य एकांततयात्यंतमंतर्गततमोपहः । साधुगोष्ठीसमुद्भूतसुखामृतरसोर्मयः

Transliteration

ya ekāṃtatayātyaṃtamaṃtargatatamopahaḥ | sādhugoṣṭhīsamudbhūtasukhāmṛtarasormayaḥ

Translation

Durch einmütige Sammlung vertreibt es gänzlich die innere Finsternis; und es steigt in Wellen der Wonne auf, vom Geschmack des Amṛta, geboren aus der Versammlung der Sādhus.

Word by Word

• यः: which/that (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• एकान्ततया: by exclusiveness/one-pointedness
• एकान्ततया: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकान्तता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रकारे (by exclusiveness/solitariness)

• अत्यन्तम्: utterly
• अत्यन्तम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Degree)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यन्तम् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अतिशयवाचक-अव्यय (exceedingly)

• अन्तर्गत-तमः-अपहः: remover of the inner darkness
• अन्तर्गत-तमः-अपहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √गम्) + तमस् (प्रातिपदिक) + अपह (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अप-√हृ/√हन् ‘to remove’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘अन्तर्गतं तमः अपहन्ति’ इति; ‘यः’ विशेष्यः

• साधु-गोष्ठी-समुद्भूत-सुख-अमृत-रस-ऊर्मयः: having waves of nectar-like bliss born of saintly company
• साधु-गोष्ठी-समुद्भूत-सुख-अमृत-रस-ऊर्मयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + गोष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्-उद्-√भू) + सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक) + रस (प्रातिपदिक) + ऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्मिन् साधुगोष्ठ्या समुद्भूतस्य सुखामृतरसस्य ऊर्मयः सन्ति’ इति; ‘यः’ विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; continuation of praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhu-goṣṭhī (as inner-light tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative devotee seated among sādhus; from the heart-lotus arises a soft radiance that dissolves a dark inner cloud; blissful waves depicted as flowing nectar-like patterns around the assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhu-goṣṭhī (assembly of sādhus)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Satsang combined with one-pointed devotion removes ignorance and produces lasting spiritual joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the verse treats the sādhu-assembly as the true sanctifying locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite; it points to ekāgratā (single-mindedness) nurtured by sādhu-saṅga.