Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

गुणातीते च वस्त्वर्थे परमार्थैकदर्शनम्

Transliteration

guṇātīte ca vastvarthe paramārthaikadarśanam

Translation

Dans la Réalité qui transcende les guṇas, il n’est qu’une seule vision : la contemplation de la Vérité suprême seule.

Word by Word

• गुणातीते: in (that which is) beyond the guṇas
• गुणातीते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण-अतीत (प्रातिपदिक; अतीत = इ(धातु) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘गुणान् अतीते’ (in that which is beyond guṇas)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• वस्तु-अर्थे: in the reality/true object-meaning
• वस्तु-अर्थे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्तु-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘वस्तुनः अर्थे’ = ‘in the real meaning/thing-in-itself’

• परमार्थैकदर्शनम्: the single vision of the supreme truth
• परमार्थैकदर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-अर्थ-एक-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; दर्शन = दृश्(धातु) ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—‘परमार्थस्य एकं दर्शनम्’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin seated in meditation facing the Kedāra liṅga; the three guṇas appear as dissolving colored veils; above, a single luminous expanse symbolizes eka-darśana of paramārtha.

Characters & Entities

• Paramārtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ultimate realization is guṇa-transcendent and non-dual—seeing only the Supreme Reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra-centered teaching on liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of realization (darśana/jñāna).