Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 196

Devanagari script

सर्वैः संचिंत्य मुक्तोऽसौ गिरौ रैवतके पुरा । अस्य वृक्षस्य यात्रां ये करिष्यंति हरेर्दिने

Transliteration

sarvaiḥ saṃciṃtya mukto'sau girau raivatake purā | asya vṛkṣasya yātrāṃ ye kariṣyaṃti harerdine

Translation

Après mûre délibération de tous, cela (l’arbre/la présence sacrée) fut jadis établi sur le mont Raivataka. Ceux qui entreprendront le pèlerinage vers cet arbre au jour de Hari (jour sacré de Viṣṇu)…

Word by Word

• सर्वैः: by all (of them)
• सर्वैः: Karana/Agent (करण/कर्ता-समूह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• संचिन्त्य: having deliberated
• संचिन्त्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having deliberated)

• मुक्तः: was released/set free
• मुक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-भावः

• असौ: that (one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गिरौ: on the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• रैवतके: (named) Raivataka
• रैवतके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक; पर्वतनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गिरौ इति)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Temporal (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वृक्षस्य: of the tree
• वृक्षस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage/ritual visit
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• करिष्यन्ति: will do / will undertake
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• हरेः: of Hari (Vishnu)
• हरेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivataka-giri (with Śivālakṣmī-vṛkṣa yātrā)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bali

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred tree being ritually ‘established’ on Mount Raivataka; devas gathered in counsel, then performing pratiṣṭhā with water-pots, garlands, and Vedic gestures; the mountain rises behind with pilgrim paths.

Characters & Entities

• Raivataka (mountain)
• sacred tree
• Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage performed on Viṣṇu’s sacred day multiplies merit when directed to a divinely authorized site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred tree on Mount Raivataka in the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yātrā (pilgrimage/ritual visit) to the tree specifically on “Hari’s day,” clarified in the next verse as Ekādaśī.