Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

विचरामि प्रतीतोऽहं तदारूढो यदृच्छया । अथ काले कियन्मात्रे व्यतीतेऽत्रैवं पर्वते

Transliteration

vicarāmi pratīto'haṃ tadārūḍho yadṛcchayā | atha kāle kiyanmātre vyatīte'traivaṃ parvate

Translation

So bestieg ich es gleichsam zufällig und wanderte mit zufriedenen Sinn umher. Und nachdem hier, auf eben diesem Berge, nur kurze Zeit verstrichen war, geschah Folgendes.

Word by Word

• vicarāmi: I roam/travel
• vicarāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; वि-उपसर्ग

• pratītaḥ: convinced/assured
• pratītaḥ: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √i/√pratī)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (aham)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• ārūḍhaḥ: mounted/ascended
• ārūḍhaḥ: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ārūḍha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ruh)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (aham)

• yadṛcchayā: by chance
• yadṛcchayā: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yadṛcchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘by chance’

• atha: then
• atha: Anantara (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/आरम्भसूचक-अव्यय (then/now)

• kāle: when (in time)
• kāle: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• kiyat: how much
• kiyat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kiyat (प्रातिपदिक; interrogative/quantitative)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (mātre)

• mātre: in (a) mere measure/short while
• mātre: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• vyatīte: when (it had) passed
• vyatīte: Sati-saptamī (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ati-i (धातु; √i with prefixes)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) सह kāle

• atra: here
• atra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• parvate: on the mountain
• parvate: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced—Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee rides the divine vimāna around Kailāsa, serene and satisfied; the scene foreshadows an impending event with a subtle shift in sky/light.

Characters & Entities

• Parvata (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even an unplanned journey can become the doorway to karmic unfolding; time and place ripen events beyond one’s intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sets a mountain-scene within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative, but the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as narrative transition.