Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 154

Devanagari script

मंदरं समनुप्राप्तो देवं द्रष्टुं जनार्द्दनम् । परस्परं समालोच्यामुंचद्देवीं स मंदरे

Transliteration

maṃdaraṃ samanuprāpto devaṃ draṣṭuṃ janārddanam | parasparaṃ samālocyāmuṃcaddevīṃ sa maṃdare

Translation

Er gelangte zum Mandara, um den Herrn Janārdana zu schauen. Nachdem sie miteinander beraten hatten, ließ er die Göttin dort auf dem Mandara zurück.

Word by Word

• मन्दरम्: to Mandara (mountain/place)
• मन्दरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• समनुप्राप्तः: having arrived (reached)
• समनुप्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अनु+√प्राप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण/विधेयविशेषण (past participle: 'having arrived')

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), अव्ययभाव; प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य (to see)

• जनार्द्दनम्: Janārdana (Vishnu)
• जनार्द्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्द्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देवस्य विशेषण/नाम

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'mutually/with each other'

• समालोच्य: having consulted
• समालोच्य: Kriya (Gerundial prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+√लुच्/√लोच् (धातु) → आलोच्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having consulted/considered)

• अमुंचत्: released/let go
• अमुंचत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• देवीम्: the देवी (goddess)
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मन्दरे: in/on Mandara
• मन्दरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandara-parvata

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva arrives at Mandara’s lush slopes; Viṣṇu (Janārdana) appears in regal calm. They confer face-to-face, gestures indicating counsel. The Devi is respectfully seated/enshrined on Mandara, attended by divine women.

Characters & Entities

• Mandara
• Janārdana (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Devī
• Hara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The gods act in coordinated harmony to protect dharma, showing unity across divine forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mandara is highlighted as a sacred meeting-point, within the broader Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes divine strategy and safeguarding of the Goddess.