Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

त्रयो भुवं समासाद्य कौतुकाविष्टचेतसः । कैलासं ते गिरिवरं समारूढाः सुरेर्वृताः

Transliteration

trayo bhuvaṃ samāsādya kautukāviṣṭacetasaḥ | kailāsaṃ te girivaraṃ samārūḍhāḥ surervṛtāḥ

Translation

Ces trois-là, parvenus sur la terre l’esprit saisi de curiosité, gravirent l’excellent mont Kailāsa, entourés des cohortes de dieux.

Word by Word

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (m. nom. pl.)

• भुवम्: the earth/world
• भुवम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुव्/भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुवन/भुव्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (f. acc. sg.); गत्यर्थकर्म

• समासाद्य: having reached/approached
• समासाद्य: Purvakāla-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ- सद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• कौतुकाविष्टचेतसः: with minds seized by curiosity
• कौतुकाविष्टचेतसः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौतुक + आविष्ट + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कौतुक-आविष्ट-चेतस् = whose minds are possessed by curiosity)

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Object/Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (m. acc. sg.)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (m. nom. pl.)

• गिरिवरम्: the best mountain
• गिरिवरम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition to Kailāsa/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + वर (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरः गिरिः = excellent mountain)

• समारूढाः: having ascended, mounted
• समारूढाः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ- रुह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय (m. nom. pl.)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (m. instr. pl.)

• वृताः: surrounded, attended
• वृताः: Karta-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय (m. nom. pl.)

Speaker

Sārasvata

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (invoked within Vastrāpatha māhātmya)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra descend to earth, then begin a luminous ascent of Kailāsa; the mountain gleams with snow and crystal; hosts of gods surround them with banners, flowers, and celestial instruments.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Devas
• The three gods (Trimūrti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is presented as a theater of divine action; even gods converge upon sanctified peaks like Kailāsa for cosmic deliberation.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is highlighted as the ‘best of mountains,’ a paradigmatic sacred locus in Purāṇic tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.