Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

मेरौ तिष्ठति सोऽद्यापि तपः कुर्वन्वरानने । सर्वं तत्क्षांतवान्मातुर्यमस्तस्या न चक्षमे

Transliteration

merau tiṣṭhati so'dyāpi tapaḥ kurvanvarānane | sarvaṃ tatkṣāṃtavānmāturyamastasyā na cakṣame

Translation

O du Schönangesichtige, noch heute weilt er auf dem Berge Meru und übt Tapas. Alles das ertrug er von seiner Mutter; doch Yama konnte es nicht ertragen.

Word by Word

• merau: on Mount Meru
• merau: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: meru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• tiṣṭhati: stands / remains
• tiṣṭhati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था तिष्ठति)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• adyāpi: even today / still
• adyāpi: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययसमूह; कालवाचक (even today/still)

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• kurvan: doing / performing
• kurvan: Kriya (Concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ करणे)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि—‘doing’

• vara-ānane: O fair-faced one
• vara-ānane: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘वरम् आननं यस्याः’

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘sarvam’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/अन्वय

• kṣāṃtavān: endured / tolerated
• kṣāṃtavān: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣam (क्षम सहने)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्तवतु); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि—‘having endured’

• mātuḥ: of (his) mother
• mātuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• yamam: restraint / control (yama)
• yamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• cakṣame: he was able to endure / he tolerated
• cakṣame: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣam (क्षम सहने)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing Pārvatī (Śaiva dialogue tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Meru (mythic)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manu on the luminous slopes of Meru, seated in austerity amid celestial flora; Yama nearby or implied, stern and unable to tolerate Chāyā’s wrongdoing—contrast between ascetic calm and righteous severity.

Characters & Entities

• Meru
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity and endurance are praised, yet righteous anger may arise when adharma crosses limits—showing different dharmic responses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Meru is mentioned as a sacred cosmic mountain; the broader chapter still belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is mentioned as the practice being performed.