Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वं सांप्रतं गच्छ विंध्याख्यं पर्वतोत्तमम् । तपस्तत्र कुरुष्वोग्र तेजो येनाभिवर्धते

Transliteration

tasmāttvaṃ sāṃprataṃ gaccha viṃdhyākhyaṃ parvatottamam | tapastatra kuruṣvogra tejo yenābhivardhate

Translation

«Por ello, ve ahora al excelso monte llamado Vindhya. Practica allí una austeridad intensa, para que crezca tu resplandor divino.»

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Reason/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात् = ‘therefore/from that’), निपात

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सांप्रतम्: now / at present
• सांप्रतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विंध्याख्यम्: named Vindhya
• विंध्याख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विंध्य-आख्य (प्रातिपदिक; विंध्य + आख्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (नामवाचक-विशेषण)

• पर्वतोत्तमम्: the best of mountains
• पर्वतोत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; पर्वत + उत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• कुरुष्व: do / perform
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘कुरु’ + ‘स्व’ (enclitic)

• उग्र: fierce, intense
• उग्र: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘तपः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तेजः: splendour, power
• तेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/करण

• अभिवर्धते: increases / grows
• अभिवर्धते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vindhyācala (Vindhya)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine directive: the Goddess is instructed to go to Vindhya, the excellent mountain, and perform fierce austerities so her tejas may increase before the decisive war.

Characters & Entities

• Vindhya Mountain
• Kātyāyanī (Devī)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas (disciplined austerity) is presented as the means by which divine potency (tejas) is intensified for righteous action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vindhya—the ‘best of mountains’—is foregrounded as the sacred place where tapas is to be performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform ‘ugra tapas’ (intense austerity) at Vindhya to augment spiritual power.