Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तेजसां धाम सर्वेषां सौरभेय महाबल । शृंगाग्रे धृतकैलासः पार्वतीसहितस्त्वया

Transliteration

tejasāṃ dhāma sarveṣāṃ saurabheya mahābala | śṛṃgāgre dhṛtakailāsaḥ pārvatīsahitastvayā

Translation

Ô Saurabheya au grand pouvoir, demeure de l’éclat de tous : sur la pointe de ta corne tu portes le Kailāsa, avec Pārvatī à tes côtés.

Word by Word

• तेजसाम्: of splendors/energies
• तेजसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• धाम: abode
• धाम: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (सामान्य), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सौरभेय: O Saurabheya
• सौरभेय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौरभेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महाबल: O great-strong one
• महाबल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शृंगाग्रे: on the mountain-peak
• शृंगाग्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृंग + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• धृतकैलासः: one who has held Kailāsa
• धृतकैलासः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृत (कृदन्त; √धृ धातु) + कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); धृत = भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• पार्वतीसहितः: accompanied by Pārvatī
• पार्वतीसहितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्वती + सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वया: by you/with you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (continuing stuti context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śṛṅgāgra (local Kailāsa-bhāva tīrtha)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant bull-associated figure addressed as Saurabheya stands at a sacred summit; above/behind rises a stylized Kailāsa, with Śiva and Pārvatī enthroned together, suffusing the peak with tejas.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine is praised as the cosmic support—an abode of all radiance—intimately associated with Śiva’s Kailāsa and Pārvatī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is invoked as a sacred reference-point; the local tīrtha is not explicitly named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive stuti employing sacred-mountain imagery.