Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

परं शैलेषु शैलेंद्रो मेरुस्त्वामवमन्यते । मया निःश्वसितं चैतत्त्वयि चापि निवेदितम्

Transliteration

paraṃ śaileṣu śaileṃdro merustvāmavamanyate | mayā niḥśvasitaṃ caitattvayi cāpi niveditam

Translation

Mais parmi les montagnes, le roi des sommets—Meru—te méprise. Ceci, pour ainsi dire, est mon propre soupir, et je te le présente aussi.

Word by Word

• परम्: however / but
• परम्: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (indeclinable adverbial use: ‘but/indeed/however’)

• शैलेषु: among mountains
• शैलेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• शैलेन्द्रः: the lord of mountains (Vindhya)
• शैलेन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; शैल + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मेरुः: Meru
• मेरुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवमन्यते: despises / belittles
• अवमन्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + √मन् (धातु; ‘to despise’)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• निःश्वसितम्: a sigh
• निःश्वसितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निḥ + √श्वस् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle) used as noun, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘a sigh / what was sighed’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• त्वयि: in you / to you (as locus)
• त्वयि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• निवेदितम्: (was) communicated / presented
• निवेदितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √विद् (धातु; ‘to inform/present’)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘has been conveyed’

Speaker

A Muni (sage) speaking to Vindhya (deduced from Meru–Vindhya context and Vindhya’s later lament)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Meru; Vindhya (as giri-persona)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage delivers a pointed statement: Meru, king of mountains, looks down upon you; the words are framed as a ‘sigh’ offered to the addressed mountain, hinting at impending turmoil.

Characters & Entities

• Meru
• Vindhya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ego and rivalry—even among the mighty—breed suffering; dharma calls for steadiness rather than retaliation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it uses cosmic geography (Meru, Vindhya) for moral instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.