Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

कैलासान्मेरुशिखरादागतैर्देवसंचयैः । पूज्यते शोणशैलात्मा शंभुः सर्ववरप्रदः

Transliteration

kailāsānmeruśikharādāgatairdevasaṃcayaiḥ | pūjyate śoṇaśailātmā śaṃbhuḥ sarvavarapradaḥ

Translation

Des multitudes de dieux, venues du Kailāsa et des sommets du Meru, vénèrent Śambhu—qui demeure en tant que Śoṇaśaila (Aruṇācala)—dispensateur de toute grâce.

Word by Word

• कैलासात्: from Kailāsa
• कैलासात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• मेरुशिखरात्: from the peak of Meru
• मेरुशिखरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक) + शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: ‘मेरोः शिखरम्’ षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (शिखर)

• आगतैः: by those who have come
• आगतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘आगत’; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of देवसंचयैः)

• देवसंचयैः: by assemblies of gods
• देवसंचयैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + संचय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: ‘देवानां संचयाः’ षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• पूज्यते: is worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• शोणशैलात्मा: whose essence is the red mountain / embodied as the red mountain
• शोणशैलात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोण (प्रातिपदिक) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: ‘शोणशैलः आत्मा यस्य’ इति बहुव्रीहि-सम्भाव्य; परन्तु रूपतः ‘शोणशैल-आत्मा’ (आत्मन् = स्वरूप) इति कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सर्ववरप्रदः: giver of all boons
• सर्ववरप्रदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (कृदन्त; √दा (धातु) + प्र-)
• Form: समास: ‘सर्वान् वरान् प्रदः’ कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (object-compound); प्रद = कर्तृवाचक; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śoṇaśaila (Aruṇācala)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Processions of devas descending from snowy Kailāsa and the jeweled heights of Meru, converging at the red Aruṇācala hill; Śambhu is suggested as a linga within the mountain, receiving abhiṣeka, lamps, and garlands.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Meru
• Devas
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Śoṇaśaila (Aruṇācala)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Aruṇācala/Śoṇaśaila is not merely a place but Śiva’s living presence; worship there is portrayed as supremely efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śoṇaśaila—identified with Aruṇācala (the Arunachala sacred hill).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed; the verse emphasizes pūjā (worship) of Śiva as Śoṇaśaila.