Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अनेकाश्चर्यसंयुक्तं तपनैश्च सुशोभितम् । गायद्विद्याधरीभिश्च पूरितं च महाप्रभम्

Transliteration

anekāścaryasaṃyuktaṃ tapanaiśca suśobhitam | gāyadvidyādharībhiśca pūritaṃ ca mahāprabham

Translation

Jener Ort war erfüllt von zahllosen Wundern, herrlich geschmückt mit strahlenden Lichtern und widerhallend von den Gesängen der Vidyādharī-Jungfrauen — eine Stätte großer Pracht und göttlicher Majestät.

Word by Word

• अनेकाश्चर्यसंयुक्तम्: endowed with many wonders
• अनेकाश्चर्यसंयुक्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक + आश्चर्य + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृदन्त: संयुक्त (past participle of सम्+√युज्); समास: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (अनेकैः आश्चर्यैः संयुक्तम्)

• तपनैः: by (radiant) suns/heats
• तपनैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘heats/suns’ (context: radiant beings or suns)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुशोभितम्: well-adorned
• सुशोभितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + शुभ् (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपसर्ग/उपपद: सु; अर्थ: ‘well-adorned/beautifully shining’

• गायत्: singing
• गायत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्गे बहुवचन-तृतीया-सम्बन्धे (agreeing with विद्याधरीभिः); अर्थ: ‘singing’

• विद्याधरीभिः: by Vidyādharī women
• विद्याधरीभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या + धरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समास: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (विद्यां धरन्ती = Vidyādharī)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूरितम्: filled
• पूरितम्: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर् (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थ: ‘filled’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महाप्रभम्: of great splendor
• महाप्रभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘greatly splendid’; विशेषणम् (वर्ण्य-वस्तु)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana (divya-kṣetra ambience)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, wonder-filled mountain realm: innumerable marvels, glowing lights like suns, and Vidyādharī maidens singing, filling the space with divine splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Vidyādharī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places connected with Śiva are portrayed as inherently wondrous and spiritually luminous, drawing celestial beings and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra, within the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse focuses on glorifying the sacred atmosphere and divine presence.