Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 149

Devanagari script

विसृज्य च महादेव एक एव महातपाः । गतो दूरं वनस्यांते तथा सिद्धवटं शिवः

Transliteration

visṛjya ca mahādeva eka eva mahātapāḥ | gato dūraṃ vanasyāṃte tathā siddhavaṭaṃ śivaḥ

Translation

Nachdem er sie entlassen hatte, ging Mahādeva — groß an Askese — allein weit fort bis an den Rand des Waldes; so gelangte Śiva nach Siddhavaṭa, dem „Banyan der Siddhas“.

Word by Word

• विसृज्य: having dismissed
• विसृज्य: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (gerund); ‘having dismissed/released’

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• एकः: alone/one
• एकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (महादेवः)

• एव: indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• महातपाः: great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् तपाः/तपस्वी) विशेषण (महादेवः)

• गतः: went/has gone
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियापद-भावे ‘has gone’

• दूरम्: far
• दूरम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• वनस्य: of the forest
• वनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अन्ते: at the end/border
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सिद्धवटम्: the Siddha banyan-tree (place)
• सिद्धवटम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध + वट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सिद्धः वटः)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; महादेवस्य पर्यायः

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddhavaṭa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva walks alone away from the Kailāsa retinue into a distant forest margin; a vast banyan (Siddhavaṭa) appears as a focal sacred tree, with subtle siddha presences implied.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Śiva
• Siddhavaṭa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places and sacred trees are portrayed as supports for tapas; solitude and pilgrimage converge in the pursuit of realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddhavaṭa, a sanctified banyan-grove site associated with siddhas within the Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the narrative implies the ascetic ideal of approaching a siddha-site for meditation and austerity.