Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अरुणाद्रिं समभ्यर्च्य विपापोऽभूत्सुराधिपः । इष्ट्वा च हयमेधेन प्रीणयामास शंकरम्

Transliteration

aruṇādriṃ samabhyarcya vipāpo'bhūtsurādhipaḥ | iṣṭvā ca hayamedhena prīṇayāmāsa śaṃkaram

Translation

Après avoir vénéré comme il se doit Aruṇādri, le seigneur des dieux fut délivré du péché ; puis, ayant accompli le sacrifice de l’Aśvamedha, il réjouit Śaṅkara.

Word by Word

• अरुणाद्रिम्: Arunachala mountain
• अरुणाद्रिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुणाद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (अरुणः अद्रिः)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having duly worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अभि+अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having worshipped’

• विपापः: sinless, freed from sin
• विपापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुराधिपः: lord of the gods (Indra)
• सुराधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर+अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् अधिपः)

• इष्ट्वा: having performed (a sacrifice)
• इष्ट्वा: Kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), ‘having sacrificed/worshipped’

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

• हयमेधेन: by the Aśvamedha sacrifice
• हयमेधेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हयानाम् मेधः)

• प्रीणयामास: pleased, gratified
• प्रीणयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रीणय् (धातु; प्रीण्-णिच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘caused to be pleased’

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala (Aruṇādri/Śoṇādri)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical Naimiṣāraṇya setting)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, humbled yet radiant, performs formal worship to the red-hued Arunāchala hill; sacrificial imagery of Aśvamedha appears as a secondary vignette, culminating in Śaṅkara’s pleased presence.

Characters & Entities

• Aruṇādri (Aruṇācala)
• Surādhipa (Indra)
• Aśvamedha (Hayamedha)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship of Aruṇācala purifies even the greatest; yajña performed in a spirit that pleases Śiva becomes a completion of that purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇādri/Aruṇācala, whose worship makes the devotee vipāpa (sinless).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samabhyarcana (proper worship) of Aruṇādri and performance of the Hayamedha/Aśvamedha yajña.