Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

त्वं समुद्धरसि विप्रान्किमतः प्रोच्यते तव । अन्येऽपि जीव बहुधात्वामुपाश्रित्य भूधर

Transliteration

tvaṃ samuddharasi viprānkimataḥ procyate tava | anye'pi jīva bahudhātvāmupāśritya bhūdhara

Translation

Tu relèves et soutiens les brāhmaṇas : que dire de plus pour te louer ? En vérité, ô porteur de la terre, bien d’autres êtres vivent aussi de multiples façons en prenant refuge en toi.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular)

• समुद्धरसि: you uplift/rescue
• समुद्धरसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); मध्यमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• विप्रान्: brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; बहुवचनम्; द्वितीया (Accusative, Plural)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (interrogative ‘what?’)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘therefore/from this’

• प्रोच्यते: is said
• प्रोच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive)

• तव: of you/about you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचनम्; षष्ठी (Genitive, Singular)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; बहुवचनम्; प्रथमा (Nominative, Plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) ‘also’

• जीव: live
• जीव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• बहुधा: in many ways
• बहुधा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘in many ways/much’

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचनम्; द्वितीया (Accusative, Singular)

• उपाश्रित्य: having taken refuge in
• उपाश्रित्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Gerundial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having resorted to/taken refuge in’

• भूधर: O mountain
• भूधर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: भू + धर (उपपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘earth-holder’); पुंलिङ्गम्; एकवचनम्; संबोधन (Vocative, Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhūdhara-āśraya (mountain refuge tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūdhara/Achala (mountain)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mountain is shown as a vast protector: brāhmaṇas study and perform rites at the foothills while varied creatures—birds, deer, villagers—take shelter across its slopes.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting the wise and giving refuge to life is a supreme form of dharma worthy of praise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A mountain refuge is praised without naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse emphasizes protective support and refuge as dharmic merit.