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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

गुहासु पर्वतानां च मुनीनामाश्रमेषु च । संचचार महीं कृत्स्नां तत्र तत्र गवेषयन्

guhāsu parvatānāṃ ca munīnāmāśrameṣu ca | saṃcacāra mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ tatra tatra gaveṣayan

Cherchant de-ci de-là, il parcourut la terre entière : les grottes des montagnes et les āśramas des munis, enquêtant en tout lieu.

गुहासुin caves
गुहासु:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन
पर्वतानाम्of mountains
पर्वतानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
मुनीनाम्of sages
मुनीनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन
आश्रमेषुin hermitages
आश्रमेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
संचचारwandered about
संचचार:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + चर् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्काल), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
महीम्the earth
महीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
कृत्स्नाम्entire
कृत्स्नाम्:
Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying महीम्)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)
तत्रhere and there
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formपुनरुक्त देशवाचक अव्यय (repeated adverb)
गवेषयन्searching
गवेषयन्:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootगवेषय् (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे (concomitant action)

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller)

Scene: A lone charioteer-seeker traverses varied terrains—rocky mountain caves, forest hermitages with smoke from sacrificial fires, and distant paths—searching tirelessly.

P
Parvata (mountains)
G
Guhā (caves)
M
Muni-āśrama

FAQs

The pursuit of higher knowledge demands perseverance—crossing many terrains, outer and inner.

The verse does not name a particular tīrtha; it honors the broader sacred landscape of caves and r̥ṣi-āśramas.

None; it narrates pilgrimage-like movement driven by the search for wisdom.