Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

पूजितः सर्वलोकैस्त्वं यच्छंस्तेषां वरान्वृतान् । गुप्तक्षेत्रं च न त्याज्यं सर्वक्षेत्रोत्तमोत्तमम्

Transliteration

pūjitaḥ sarvalokaistvaṃ yacchaṃsteṣāṃ varānvṛtān | guptakṣetraṃ ca na tyājyaṃ sarvakṣetrottamottamam

Translation

„Von allen Welten verehrt, wirst du ihnen die ersehnten Gaben gewähren. Und Guptakṣetra darfst du nicht verlassen — das Höchste unter allen heiligen Stätten.“

Word by Word

• pūjitaḥ: worshipped, honored
• pūjitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjita (कृदन्त; √pūj पूज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) — masculine nominative singular; past passive participle

• sarvalokaiḥ: by all worlds/people
• sarvalokaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarvaloka (प्रातिपदिक; sarva+loka)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — masculine instrumental plural

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — pronoun nominative singular

• yacchan: granting
• yacchan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yam यम् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — present active participle ‘giving’

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• varān: boons
• varān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — masculine accusative plural

• vṛtān: chosen, accepted
• vṛtān: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛta (कृदन्त; √vṛ वृ/√vṛt वृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — masculine accusative plural; ‘chosen/accepted’ (qualifying varān)

• guptakṣetram: the secret sacred place
• guptakṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gupta+kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — conjunction

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय — negation particle

• tyājyam: to be abandoned
• tyājyam: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tyājya (कृदन्त; √tyaj त्यज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (कर्तव्य/भाव्य) — gerundive ‘to be abandoned’

• sarvakṣetrottamottamam: the supreme best among all sacred places
• sarvakṣetrottamottamam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva+kṣetra+uttama+uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular; अतिशय-उपपदसमासार्थः ‘best of the best among all holy places’ (qualifying guptakṣetram)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) conveying the charge given to Barbarīka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine guardian/boon-giver is praised by beings of all worlds; the ‘hidden’ sacred field (Guptakṣetra) is shown as luminous yet veiled, with a protective aura and boundary markers.

Characters & Entities

• Guptakṣetra
• Barbarīka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to devotees—granting rightful boons—and steadfast guardianship of a sacred place are praised as divine duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Guptakṣetra is explicitly praised as the highest among sacred kṣetras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship and seeking boons at Guptakṣetra; no specific rite is detailed in this verse.