Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे ब्रह्मा परमं तोषमागतः । तारकस्य वरं दातुं जगाम शिखरं गिरेः

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare brahmā paramaṃ toṣamāgataḥ | tārakasya varaṃ dātuṃ jagāma śikharaṃ gireḥ

Translation

Inzwischen wurde Brahmā von höchster Zufriedenheit erfüllt. Um Tāraka eine Gabe zu gewähren, begab er sich auf den Gipfel des Berges.

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्दः (locative singular of pronoun)

• antare: in the interval
• antare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (locative singular)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• paramam: supreme, great
• paramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with toṣam)

• toṣam: satisfaction, delight
• toṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• āgataḥ: attained, came to
• āgataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्) + ā- (उपसर्ग) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त/क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः; ‘आगतः’ = having come/attained (past participle used predicatively)

• tārakasya: of Tāraka
• tārakasya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• dātum: to give
• dātum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा) (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक-अव्ययवत्; प्रयोजनम् (purpose)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्शभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• śikharam: peak, summit
• śikharam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śikhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• gireḥ: of the mountain
• gireḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, radiant and four-faced, moves toward a lofty mountain summit to grant Tāraka a boon; the peak is wind-swept, luminous, and set apart from the world below.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persistent austerity can compel divine attention; boons are granted within the larger framework of cosmic governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mountain peak (connected to the Pāriyātra setting) is presented as the locus where divine-bestowal occurs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it narrates the granting of a boon as the fruit of austerity.