Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

रम्ये तत्र महाशृंगे नानाश्चर्योपशोभिते । विभूषणादि सन्यस्य वृक्षवल्कलधारिणी

Transliteration

ramye tatra mahāśṛṃge nānāścaryopaśobhite | vibhūṣaṇādi sanyasya vṛkṣavalkaladhāriṇī

Translation

Là, sur un sommet splendide et très élevé, embelli de maintes merveilles, elle déposa les parures et autres ornements ; puis, vêtue d’écorce d’arbre, elle embrassa la voie de l’austérité (tapasya).

Word by Word

• रम्ये: in a lovely (place)
• रम्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (अध्याहृतः ‘स्थाने/देशे’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• महाशृंगे: on the great peak
• महाशृंगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् शृंगम्)

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-प्रयोग)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (various)

• आश्चर्योपशोभिते: adorned with wonders
• आश्चर्योपशोभिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उपशोभित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; उप+शुभ्/शोभ् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (आश्चर्यैः उपशोभितम्)

• विभूषणादि: ornaments and the like
• विभूषणादि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभूषण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (विभूषणं च आदि च) ‘etc.’-अर्थे

• सन्यस्य: having set aside
• सन्यस्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+नि+अस्/स्य (धातु-समूह; ‘न्यस्’ = to put down)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), सम्+नि+न्यस्/न्यस्य; ‘having laid aside’

• वृक्षवल्कलधारिणी: wearing bark-cloth (of trees)
• वृक्षवल्कलधारिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + वल्कल (प्रातिपदिक) + धारिणी (प्रातिपदिक; धृ धातु से णिनि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वृक्षस्य वल्कलं धारयति)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāśṛṅga (peak of austerity)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages / internal participants

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a beautiful lofty peak filled with wonders, Girijā removes her ornaments and dons tree-bark garments, beginning severe austerity amid alpine marvels—rocks, rare trees, celestial ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Sacred mountain peak (Himālaya context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tapas is supported by simplicity—renunciation of adornment symbolizes inward focus and spiritual resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred Himalayan peak is evoked as a holy landscape, though no specific tīrtha-name is stated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An ascetic discipline is implied: giving up luxuries and adopting austere attire as part of tapas.