Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

मंदराचलमासाद्य पितरौ संप्रहर्षयन् । उवाच सकलं स्कन्दः परमानंदनिर्भरः

Transliteration

maṃdarācalamāsādya pitarau saṃpraharṣayan | uvāca sakalaṃ skandaḥ paramānaṃdanirbharaḥ

Translation

Parvenu au mont Mandara et réjouissant ses parents, Skanda—débordant de félicité suprême—dit tout en entier.

Word by Word

• मन्दराचलम्: Mount Mandara
• मन्दराचलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर-अचल (प्रातिपदिक; मन्दर + अचल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (मन्दरः अचलः)

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having reached/approached’

• पितरौ: the two parents
• पितरौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• संप्रहर्षयन्: gladdening, delighting
• संप्रहर्षयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-हृष् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सकलम्: everything; wholly
• सकलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (क्रियाविशेषणवत्—‘entirely/fully’ इति)

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परमानन्दनिर्भरः: filled with supreme bliss
• परमानन्दनिर्भरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम-आनन्द-निर्भर (प्रातिपदिक; परम + आनन्द + निर्भर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (परमे आनन्दे निर्भरः/पूर्णः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandarācala/Mandara-parvata

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva and Pārvatī (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda arrives at Mandara Mountain, radiating bliss, pleasing Śiva and Pārvatī, then begins a full, expansive discourse; mountain sanctity and familial tenderness.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Mandarācala
• Śiva (implied as father)
• Pārvatī (implied as mother)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine accomplishments culminate in harmony with one’s source—gratitude, reunion, and the sharing of dharmic outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mandarācala is referenced as a sacred mountain setting, though the verse itself does not detail tīrtha fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.