Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

तयोरंतरालेमानसाचलो नाम वलयाकारः पर्वतो यस्मिन्भ्रमति भगवान्भास्कर इति

Transliteration

tayoraṃtarālemānasācalo nāma valayākāraḥ parvato yasminbhramati bhagavānbhāskara iti

Translation

Dans l’intervalle entre les deux se dresse une montagne en forme d’anneau, nommée Mānasācala ; sur elle, dit-on, se meut dans sa course le Bienheureux Bhāskara, le Soleil.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two / between the two (with antarāle)
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन (Dual)

• अन्तराले: in the interval/between-space
• अन्तराले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तराल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• मानसाचलः: Mānasācala (name of a mountain)
• मानसाचलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस + अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मानस-सम्बन्धी अचलः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• नाम: named/called
• नाम: Discourse marker (नाम-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable used to indicate naming)

• वलयाकारः: ring-shaped
• वलयाकारः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वलय + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वलयस्य आकारः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पर्वतः)

• पर्वतः: mountain
• पर्वतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन, पुं/नपुंसक-प्रयोगानुसार

• भ्रमति: moves/roams/revolves
• भ्रमति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (honorific)

• भास्करः: the Sun
• भास्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सूर्य-पर्याय

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (उद्धरण-समाप्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक (quotative/closure particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānasācala

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast circular mountain like a jeweled ring encircling a luminous track; Bhāskara rides across the sky along the mountain’s rim, suggesting a cosmic racetrack; below lie two named regions on either side.

Characters & Entities

• Mānasācala
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Sun’s ordered movement is portrayed as a divine ordinance, reinforcing reverence for cosmic rhythm as dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mānasācala is a cosmological mountain; it is not presented as a standard earthly pilgrimage destination in this passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse describes Bhāskara’s course within the cosmic landscape.