Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

गिरिं रैवतकं गत्वा कुर्याद्यात्राविधानतः । मृगीकुंडादितीर्थानि संति तत्रैव कोटिशः

Transliteration

giriṃ raivatakaṃ gatvā kuryādyātrāvidhānataḥ | mṛgīkuṃḍāditīrthāni saṃti tatraiva koṭiśaḥ

Translation

Hat man den Berg Raivataka erreicht, soll man die Pilgerfahrt gemäß der vorgeschriebenen Observanz vollziehen. Dort gibt es unzählige Tīrthas—zu Myriaden—wie Mṛgīkuṇḍa und andere.

Word by Word

• गिरिम्: mountain
• गिरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• रैवतकं: (the) Raivataka (mountain)
• रैवतकं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (गिरिम् इति)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाले क्रिया; ‘having gone’

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यात्रा: pilgrimage
• यात्रा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (यात्राविधानतः)

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed method
• विधानतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Ablatival adverb): ‘according to/with reference to the rule’; यात्राविधानतः = यात्राविधानात्

• मृगीकुण्डादितीर्थानि: the tīrthas beginning with Mṛgīkuṇḍa
• मृगीकुण्डादितीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगीकुण्ड + आदि + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—(मृगीकुण्ड-आदि)-तीर्थानि

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्रैव: right there
• तत्रैव: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तत्र (locative adverb ‘there’) + एव (emphatic particle ‘indeed/just’)

• कोटिशः: in crores; countless
• कोटिशः: Saṅkhyā/Parimāṇa (Quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शस्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Distributive/measure adverb): ‘in crores, by crores’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivataka-parvata (with Mṛgīkuṇḍa and many other tīrthas)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred mountain (Raivataka/Girnar) with multiple kuṇḍas and small shrines scattered along paths; pilgrims ascend in orderly fashion, stopping at Mṛgīkuṇḍa and other water bodies.

Characters & Entities

• Raivataka (mountain)
• Mṛgīkuṇḍa
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred mountains are mapped as dense tīrtha-networks; following yātrā-vidhi unlocks their purificatory power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Raivataka and its many tīrthas, explicitly including Mṛgīkuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kuryād yātrāvidhānataḥ—undertake the pilgrimage according to prescribed observances.