Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

वीक्षते गिरिजाकान्तं स गच्छेत्परमां गतिम् । पुरा सिद्धा महाभागाः कपिलाद्या महर्षयः

Transliteration

vīkṣate girijākāntaṃ sa gacchetparamāṃ gatim | purā siddhā mahābhāgāḥ kapilādyā maharṣayaḥ

Translation

En contemplant Girijākānta—Śiva, l’aimé de la Fille de la Montagne—il atteint la demeure suprême. Jadis, les grands ṛṣi accomplis et très fortunés, à commencer par Kapila, devinrent célèbres ainsi.

Word by Word

• vīkṣate: sees, beholds
• vīkṣate: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vīkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• girijākāntam: the beloved of Girijā (Śiva)
• girijākāntam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: girijā (प्रातिपदिक) + kānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (girijāyāḥ kāntaḥ)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• gacchet: would go / should attain
• gacchet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); 'gatim' इति विशेषणम्

• gatim: state, goal, liberation
• gatim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• purā: formerly, in ancient times
• purā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• siddhāḥ: the Siddhas (perfected beings)
• siddhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• mahābhāgāḥ: greatly fortunate, illustrious
• mahābhāgāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); 'siddhāḥ/maharṣayaḥ' इति विशेषणम्

• kapilādyāḥ: beginning with Kapila
• kapilādyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kapila (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); 'maharṣayaḥ' इति विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (kapilaḥ ādiḥ yeṣām)

• maharṣayaḥ: great sages
• maharṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa narrative continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīrtha (Śiva-darśana locus)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim beholds Girijākānta—Śiva—at a luminous Narmadā-bank shrine; in the background stand ancient mahārṣis (Kapila foremost) as witnesses to the site’s sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Girijākānta)
• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Kapila
• Maharṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-darśana at a sanctified place is portrayed as a direct cause of attaining the highest spiritual goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha where Girijākānta Śiva is worshiped/seen (the verse itself does not name the exact spot).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The emphasis is on darśana (beholding) of Śiva, in the broader sequence of tīrtha practices (snāna/pūjā) described in adjacent verses.