Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एवं संमंत्र्य देवास्ते कैलासं पर्वतं गताः । ततस्तु नंदिना सर्वे निषिद्धाः समयं विना

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃmaṃtrya devāste kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gatāḥ | tatastu naṃdinā sarve niṣiddhāḥ samayaṃ vinā

Translation

So gingen jene Götter nach gemeinsamer Beratung zum Berg Kailāsa. Dann aber hielt Nandin sie alle zurück, da sie ohne vorherige Erlaubnis und ohne vereinbarte Zeit gekommen waren.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• संमंत्र्य: having consulted
• संमंत्र्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + मन्त्र् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having consulted)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ते: those
• ते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवाः)

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Object/Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma (Object/Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (कैलासम्)

• गताः: went
• गताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Active Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (they having gone)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/अपादानवाचक (then/from there)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विशेषार्थक (emphatic particle)

• नंदिना: by Nandin
• नंदिना: Karana/Agent (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवाः)

• निषिद्धाः: were forbidden
• निषिद्धाः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + सिध्/षिध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि भाव (were forbidden)

• समयम्: permission/appointment/condition
• समयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Exclusion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वर्जनार्थक-उपपद (preposition meaning 'without'); द्वितीया-शासन (governs accusative)

Speaker

Pulastya (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A majestic Kailāsa with snow-bright peak; devas arrive in a cluster, but Nandin—bull-faced, powerful, adorned—halts them at the threshold, hand raised in prohibition, signaling ‘no entry without samaya’.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Kailāsa
• Nandin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine beings observe maryādā (proper protocol); approaching the Lord’s abode requires humility, order, and right conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Kailāsa is referenced as Śiva’s sacred abode, within the larger narrative leading to Īśānī-śikhara’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, one should approach sacred spaces with proper permission/discipline (samaya), not impulsively.