Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

महामदजलस्रावे कामरूपे शतक्रतुः । तस्थौ हिमगिरेः श्रृंगे भानुमानिव दीप्तिमान् । तस्यारक्षत्पदं सव्यं मारुतोऽमितविक्रमः

Transliteration

mahāmadajalasrāve kāmarūpe śatakratuḥ | tasthau himagireḥ śrṛṃge bhānumāniva dīptimān | tasyārakṣatpadaṃ savyaṃ māruto'mitavikramaḥ

Translation

Śatakratu (Indra), sur l’éléphant Kāmarūpa au puissant ruissellement du rut, se tint au sommet de l’Himagiri, flamboyant tel le Soleil ; et à sa gauche se tenait Maruta, au courage sans mesure, gardant sa place.

Word by Word

• mahā: great
• mahā: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa (to jalasrāva)

• mada: intoxication/ichor
• mada: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: mada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana (compound-resolved)

• jala: water/fluid
• jala: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana (compound-resolved)

• srāve: in the streaming/flow
• srāve: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: srāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana; ‘in the flow’

• kāmarūpe: in Kāmarūpa
• kāmarūpe: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/Napumsaka (place-name), Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana

• śatakratuḥ: Indra (Śatakratu)
• śatakratuḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata + kratu (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Indra)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; śata-kratu = ‘of a hundred rites/acts’

• tasthau: stood
• tasthau: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था)
• Form: Laṅ (Imperfect/लङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• himagireḥ: of the हिमगिरि (snowy mountain)
• himagireḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hima + giri (प्रातिपदिक; samāsa)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; ‘of the snow-mountain’

• śṛṅge: on the peak
• śṛṅge: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana

• bhānumān: the sun
• bhānumān: Upamāna (Simile-base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānumant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; upamāna (standard of comparison)

• iva: like/as
• iva: Sambandha (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Upamā-vācaka avyaya (simile particle)

• dīptimān: radiant
• dīptimān: Karta (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīptimat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of śatakratuḥ

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana; sarvanāma

• ārakṣat: protected/guarded
• ārakṣat: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rakṣ (रक्ष्)
• Form: Laṅ (Imperfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• padaṃ: foot/step
• padaṃ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana

• savyaṃ: left
• savyaṃ: Karman (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: savya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of padaṃ

• mārutaḥ: Marut/Wind-god
• mārutaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: māruta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• amita: immeasurable
• amita: Karta (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa (to vikramaḥ)

• vikramaḥ: valor/stride
• vikramaḥ: Karta (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi-sense with amita (amita-vikramaḥ)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himagiri (archetypal)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, blazing like the sun, stands upon a Himalayan summit while mounted on the rut-streaming elephant Kāmarūpa; at his left stands Maruta, vigilant and powerful, guarding Indra’s position.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śatakratu)
• Maruta
• Himālaya (Himagiri)
• Bhānumān (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected through disciplined order and mutual guardianship among divine powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Himalayan peak is described, but no named pilgrimage site is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.