Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

अनुज्ञां देहि मे तात यथा गच्छामि सत्वरम् । कैलासं पर्वतश्रेष्ठं देवानां हितकाम्यया

Transliteration

anujñāṃ dehi me tāta yathā gacchāmi satvaram | kailāsaṃ parvataśreṣṭhaṃ devānāṃ hitakāmyayā

Translation

Ô père bien-aimé, accorde-moi la permission de partir sans tarder vers le Kailāsa, le plus noble des monts, pour le bien des devas.

Word by Word

• अनुज्ञाम्: permission
• अनुज्ञाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: to me / my
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive) एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तात: dear father / sir
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद/सम्बन्धबोधक (conjunction/adverbial: 'so that/as')

• गच्छामि: I go
• गच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa (mountain)
• कैलासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पर्वतश्रेष्ठम्: the best of mountains
• पर्वतश्रेष्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पर्वतानां श्रेष्ठः)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• हितकाम्यया: with the desire for (their) welfare
• हितकाम्यया: Hetu/Nimitta (Cause/Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक) + काम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हितस्य काम्या)

Speaker

Śiva (implied by the immediate reply of Yama in the next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine figure petitions a fatherly authority for swift leave to journey to snow-clad Kailāsa, the ‘best of mountains,’ with devas’ welfare as the motive.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine action is portrayed as loka-saṅgraha—working swiftly for the welfare of beings, especially the devas, as part of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is named as the श्रेष्ठ पर्वत (supreme mountain), setting the sacred-geography frame for the Dharmāraṇya account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse introduces a purposeful departure connected to divine welfare.