Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यमनेहसमारभ्य मदंराद्रिं विनिर्ययौ । अद्रींद्र सुतया सार्धं रुद्रेणोक्षेंद्रगामिना

Transliteration

yamanehasamārabhya madaṃrādriṃ viniryayau | adrīṃdra sutayā sārdhaṃ rudreṇokṣeṃdragāminā

Translation

Beginning from Yamaneha, he set forth toward Mount Madaṃra, together with the daughter of the Lord of Mountains, and with Rudra who rides the bull, the king of beasts.

Word by Word

• yama-neha-samārabhya: starting from Yama’s abode/region here
• yama-neha-samārabhya: Apadana (Starting point/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक) + iha (अव्यय) + sam-√rabh (धातु) → samārabhya (ल्यप्/absolutive)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; समारभ्य (ल्यप्/absolutive) ‘beginning from…’; समस्तम् क्रियाविशेषणम्

• madaṃra-adrim: Mount Madaṃra
• madaṃra-adrim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madaṃra (प्रातिपदिक) + adri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (madaṃraḥ adriḥ)

• viniryayau: went out/departed
• viniryayau: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-nir-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• adrīndra-sutayā: with the daughter of the lord of mountains
• adrīndra-sutayā: Sahakari (Companion/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adrīndra (adri + indra) (प्रातिपदिक) + sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (adrīndrasya sutā)

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahakari (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक अव्यय (with/together)

• rudreṇa: with Rudra
• rudreṇa: Sahakari (Companion/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• ukṣa-indra-gāminā: accompanied by the bull (Nandin)
• ukṣa-indra-gāminā: Sahakari (Companion qualifier/सहकारी-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक) + gāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (ukṣa-indraṃ gāmin = ‘going with the bull-lord/with the bull’)

Speaker

Skanda (narrator, contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madaṃra-parvata (and Yamaneha as starting node)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra rides the bull (vṛṣabha), with Pārvatī beside him; they depart from a marked place-name ‘Yamaneha’ and move toward a distant mountain labeled ‘Madaṃra’. The landscape shows forested paths, pilgrims/sages watching, and the mountain rising as a sacred destination.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Pārvatī (Adrīndra-sutā)
• Madaṃra mountain
• Yamaneha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic landscape is mapped through divine movement—Śiva and Pārvatī sanctify regions by their presence and journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse references sacred locales (Yamaneha, Madaṃra mountain) within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated in this verse; it narrates a sacred departure and route.