Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

एवं वसुंधरापुण्यपरिपाकसमुच्चयः । अरुणाद्रिरिति ख्यातो भक्तभक्तिवरप्रदः

Transliteration

evaṃ vasuṃdharāpuṇyaparipākasamuccayaḥ | aruṇādririti khyāto bhaktabhaktivarapradaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, tel l’amas du fruit mûr du mérite de la terre, il est renommé Aruṇādri, dispensateur de grâces aux dévots par la puissance de leur bhakti.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• वसुंधरापुण्यपरिपाकसमुच्चयः: the accumulated fruition of the earth’s merit
• वसुंधरापुण्यपरिपाकसमुच्चयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुंधरा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + परिपाक (प्रातिपदिक) + समुच्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-समास; अर्थः ‘वसुंधरायाः पुण्यस्य परिपाकः (तस्य) समुच्चयः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-परम्परा; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अरुणाद्रिः: Aruṇādri (the red mountain)
• अरुणाद्रिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुण (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (‘अरुणः अद्रिः’ = red mountain); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• इति: thus / as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातः: is renowned
• ख्यातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘ख्यात’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate)

• भक्तभक्तिवरप्रदः: giver of boons through devotees’ devotion
• भक्तभक्तिवरप्रदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (कृदन्त; √दा (धातु) + प्र-)
• Form: समास: ‘भक्तानां भक्त्या (प्राप्तं) वरं प्रदः’ इति बहु-सम्बन्धयुक्त तत्पुरुष-परम्परा; प्रद = कर्तृवाचक; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇādri (Aruṇācala)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified Earth (Bhū-devī) offering a ‘ripe fruit’ of merit that transforms into the red Aruṇācala hill; devotees with folded hands receive blessings as rays from the mountain-linga.

Characters & Entities

• Aruṇādri (Aruṇācala)
• Bhakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Aruṇācala is presented as the culmination of the earth’s accumulated merit, where devotion itself becomes the channel for divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇādri/Aruṇācala (Tiruvaṇṇāmalai), explicitly named and praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the core prescription is bhakti—devotional approach to the kṣetra and its Lord.