Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

लोकालोकौ महाशैलौ मानसोत्तरपर्वतः । कैलासो मन्दरो माल्यो गन्धमादन एव च

Transliteration

lokālokau mahāśailau mānasottaraparvataḥ | kailāso mandaro mālyo gandhamādana eva ca

Translation

Lokāloka, la grande montagne, et Mānasottara ; Kailāsa, Mandara, Mālya, et aussi Gandhamādana—

Word by Word

• लोक-अलोकौ: Lokāloka (pair/dual name)
• लोक-अलोकौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + अलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (two mountains: Lokāloka)

• महाशैलौ: the two great mountains
• महाशैलौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘महान् शैलः’ (dual)

• मानस-उत्तर-पर्वतः: Mānasottara mountain
• मानस-उत्तर-पर्वतः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सम्बन्ध/निर्देश)—‘मानसस्य उत्तरः पर्वतः’

• कैलासः: Kailāsa
• कैलासः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मन्दरः: Mandara
• मन्दरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• माल्यः: Mālya (mountain)
• माल्यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गन्धमादनः: Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादनः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic/only)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (as invoked)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mythic map rendered as mountains: Lokāloka as a dark encircling ridge, Mānasottara as a luminous ring, Kailāsa shining with Śiva’s aura, Gandhamādana forested and fragrant—an ordered cosmos of peaks.

Characters & Entities

• Lokāloka
• Mahāśaila
• Mānasottara
• Kailāsa
• Mandara
• Mālya
• Gandhamādana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision unites cosmic and terrestrial landscapes as sacred—devotion spans the entire world-structure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakṣetra remains the narrative home, while Kailāsa and other parvatas broaden the Mahātmya’s sacred-geography resonance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.