Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

अपरिच्छेद्यमाकारमंतरात्मनि योगिनः । तदेतत्तव देवेश ज्वलितं दर्पणो यथा

Transliteration

aparicchedyamākāramaṃtarātmani yoginaḥ | tadetattava deveśa jvalitaṃ darpaṇo yathā

Translation

Dans le Soi intérieur des yogins se tient Ta forme, incommensurable et au-delà de toute limite ; ô Seigneur des dieux, elle resplendit tel un miroir lumineux.

Word by Word

• aparicchedyam: indefinable; not delimitable
• aparicchedyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + paricchedya (कृदन्त, √chid धातु with pari-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृदन्त (यत्), नञ्-समासार्थ, विशेषण

• ākāram: form; appearance
• ākāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• antar-ātmani: in the inner Self
• antar-ātmani: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antar (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समास (कर्मधारय: अन्तरः आत्मा)

• yoginaḥ: of the yogin
• yoginaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deveśa: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समास (तत्पुरुष: देवानाम् ईशः)

• jvalitam: shining; blazing
• jvalitam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jvalita (कृदन्त, √jval धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण

• darpaṇaḥ: a mirror
• darpaṇaḥ: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yathā: as; like
• yathā: Upamā (Simile-marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमा/तुलना-वाचक)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala-jyoti (inner realization aspect)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin in padmāsana within a cave/mandapa near Arunachala; within his heart-space a boundless flame-form appears, while a polished mirror reflects a radiant, formless glow—suggesting self-luminous awareness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Yogins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is realized as the boundless reality within; yogic inwardness reveals what cannot be grasped by mere outward measures.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Aruṇācalamāhātmya setting implies Arunachala as a place conducive to such inner realization of Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes yogic interior contemplation.