Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

मत्समीपमनुप्राप्ता मम लोकं वरानने । चराचरस्य जगतः सृष्टिसंहारणक्षमाः

Transliteration

matsamīpamanuprāptā mama lokaṃ varānane | carācarasya jagataḥ sṛṣṭisaṃhāraṇakṣamāḥ

Translation

O Schönangesichtige, da sie in meine Nähe gelangt und meine Welt erreicht haben, vermögen sie die Schöpfung und Auflösung des ganzen Universums zu bewirken, des Bewegten wie des Unbewegten.

Word by Word

• मत्समीपम्: near me
• मत्समीपम्: Gati/Karman (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठीसमासरूप) + समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म/गति), एकवचन — Accusative singular; गत्यर्थे (to/towards)

• अनुप्राप्ताः: having arrived
• अनुप्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप् (धातु) + अनु (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Past participle ‘having reached/arrived’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आनन (प्रातिपदिक; वर + आनन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• चराचरस्य: of the moving and unmoving
• चराचरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Genitive singular; द्वन्द्वः ‘चर + अचर’ = moving and unmoving

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• सृष्टिसंहारणक्षमाः: capable of creation and destruction
• सृष्टिसंहारणक्षमाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + संहार (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative plural; समासः: (सृष्टि-संहार)-क्षमाः = capable of creation and dissolution

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva/Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-loka (conceptual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Varānanā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary expansion: the gaṇas, now radiant, stand near Śiva; behind them appears a cosmic panorama—worlds emerging and dissolving—suggesting their empowered capacity within Śiva’s domain.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Closeness to Śiva (service and grace) elevates beings to extraordinary spiritual authority and cosmic responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named; the emphasis is on Śiva’s loka and divine proximity rather than a geographic site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse speaks of attainment (anuprāpti) of Śiva’s presence and realm as a fruit of devotion and merit.