Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अस्मिंस्तु पर्वते तात रुद्राणां कोटयः स्थिताः । स्नानैस्तुष्टिर्भवेत्तेषां गन्धमाल्यानुलेपनैः

Transliteration

asmiṃstu parvate tāta rudrāṇāṃ koṭayaḥ sthitāḥ | snānaistuṣṭirbhavetteṣāṃ gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ

Translation

Sur cette montagne, mon cher, demeurent des crores de Rudra. Ils sont satisfaits par les bains (ici) et par les offrandes de parfums, de guirlandes et d’onguents.

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण—‘in this’

• तु: indeed, however
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—विरोध/विशेषार्थक (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• पर्वते: on the mountain
• पर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण—‘on/in the mountain’

• तात: O dear one
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन—‘O dear/son’

• रुद्राणाम्: of the Rudras
• रुद्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध—‘of the Rudras’

• कोटयः: crores (tens of millions)
• कोटयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्ता—‘crores’

• स्थिताः: are situated
• स्थिताः: Karta (Predicative/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘स्थित’ = ‘having remained/being situated’

• स्नानैः: by bathing
• स्नानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करण—‘by baths’

• तुष्टिः: satisfaction
• तुष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता—‘satisfaction’

• भवेत्: would arise/becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध—‘of them’ (i.e., of the Rudras)

• गन्धमाल्यानुलेपनैः: with perfumes, garlands, and anointments
• गन्धमाल्यानुलेपनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + माल्य + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करण—द्वन्द्वसमासः (समाहार-द्वन्द्वः): ‘with perfumes, garlands, and unguents’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Oṅkāra mountain/kṣetra (contextual mountain of the Revā region)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred hill crowded with subtle, semi-visible Rudra forms (blue/ash-smeared ascetics, tridents) surrounding a central liṅga; pilgrims bathe at the river below and ascend with garlands and sandal paste; the air is fragrant.

Characters & Entities

• Rudras
• the mountain (parvata) near the Revā tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is enacted through embodied rites: bathing and simple offerings please the Rudras and align the pilgrim with Śaiva dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred mountain in the Revā region described as the abode of countless Rudras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and worship through fragrances, garlands, and anointing (gandha-mālya-anulepana).