Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

भीमेन सहितो व्योम्नि प्रयातो दक्षिणां दिशम् । ततोऽर्णवमतीत्यैव सुवेलं च महागिरिम्

Transliteration

bhīmena sahito vyomni prayāto dakṣiṇāṃ diśam | tato'rṇavamatītyaiva suvelaṃ ca mahāgirim

Translation

In Begleitung Bhīmas zog er durch den Himmel gen Süden; dann überquerte er den Ozean und zog am gewaltigen Berg Suvela vorüber.

Word by Word

• भीमेन: with Bhīma
• भीमेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/करण-सह), एकवचन

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; √सह + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रयातः इत्यस्य)

• व्योम्नि: in the sky
• व्योम्नि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• प्रयातः: went, departed
• प्रयातः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (अस्ति) इति लुप्त-क्रिया

• दक्षिणाम्: southern
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘दिशम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे

• अर्णवम्: ocean
• अर्णवम्: Karma (Object crossed/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन

• अतीत्य: having crossed
• अतीत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having crossed/passed’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• सुवेलम्: Suvela (mountain)
• सुवेलम्: Karma (Object passed/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवेल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• महागिरिम्: the great mountain
• महागिरिम्: Karma (Object passed/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-गिरि (प्रातिपदिक; महा + गिरि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘महान् गिरिः’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suvela (as landmark within Laṅkā-kṣetra approach)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa and Bhīma ride Garuḍa through the sky, heading south; below lies the ocean; ahead rises the massive Suvela mountain as a dark-green/blue ridge near Laṅkā.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Arṇava (ocean)
• Suvela

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord leads devotees across daunting boundaries—symbolically, beyond fear and limitation—toward destined dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse gestures to sacred geography (ocean, Suvela) but does not explicitly glorify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.