Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तत्रापश्यत शंभोः स पुण्यमाश्रममंडलम् । नानावृक्षसमाकीर्णं शांतसत्त्वसमाकुलम्

Transliteration

tatrāpaśyata śaṃbhoḥ sa puṇyamāśramamaṃḍalam | nānāvṛkṣasamākīrṇaṃ śāṃtasattvasamākulam

Translation

Dort erblickte er den heiligen Bezirk von Śambhus Einsiedelei, erfüllt von Bäumen vieler Arten und reich an friedvollen Wesen von stiller Natur.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम्

• apaśyata: saw
• apaśyata: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa + √dṛś (दृश्)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• śaṃbhoḥ: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• śaṃbhoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धः

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• puṇyam: holy
• puṇyam: Visheshana (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• āśrama-maṇḍalam: the hermitage precinct/compound
• āśrama-maṇḍalam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• nānā-vṛkṣa-samākīrṇam: filled with various trees
• nānā-vṛkṣa-samākīrṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + samākīrṇa (sam-ā-√kṝ (कॄ) + क्त)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• śānta-sattva-samākulam: abounding in peaceful beings
• śānta-sattva-samākulam: Visheshana (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta (√śam (शम्) + क्त) + sattva (प्रातिपदिक) + samākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; ‘शान्तानि सत्त्वानि यस्मिन्’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Smara (Kāma)
• Āśrama (hermitage precinct)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true sacred space is marked by purity, harmony with nature, and the presence of peaceful, disciplined life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śambhu’s Himālaya āśrama precinct is praised as a puṇya (holy) place, though not named as a specific tīrtha in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive glorification of the sacred environment.