Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ततश्चान्यो महाशैलो दृश्यते भरतर्षभ । त्रिभिः कूटैः सुविस्तीर्णैः शृङ्गवानिव गोवृषः

Transliteration

tataścānyo mahāśailo dṛśyate bharatarṣabha | tribhiḥ kūṭaiḥ suvistīrṇaiḥ śṛṅgavāniva govṛṣaḥ

Translation

ついで、もう一つの大いなる山が見える、バーラタ族の雄牛よ。三つの峰を広く備え、角を戴く力強き牡牛のごとし。

Word by Word

• ततः: then; from there
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘then/from there’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — conjunction ‘and’

• अन्यः: another
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — adjective qualifying ‘महाशैलः’

• महाशैलः: a great mountain
• महाशैलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘महान् शैलः’

• दृश्यते: is seen; appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive) — ‘is seen/appears’

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• भरतर्षभ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — vocative address

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — numeral adjective with ‘कूटैः’

• कूटैः: with peaks
• कूटैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — ‘with peaks/summits’

• सुविस्तीर्णैः: very broad; widely spread
• सुविस्तीर्णैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + विस्तीर्ण (कृदन्त; √स्तॄ/स्तृ ‘to spread’ → विस्तीर्ण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — past participle used adjectivally; qualifies ‘कूटैः’

• शृङ्गवान्: horned; peak-bearing
• शृङ्गवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शृङ्गवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — possessive adjective ‘having horns/peaks’; qualifies ‘महाशैलः’

• इव: like
• इव: Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमानवाचक) — comparative particle ‘like/as’

• गोवृषः: a bull
• गोवृषः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘bull of cows’ (a bull)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, addressing a listener as Bharatarṣabha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trikūṭa/Trikūṭī (as described)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast mountain appears to the pilgrim’s gaze—broad-based, with three prominent peaks like a powerful bull with three horns, set against a luminous sky.

Characters & Entities

• Trikūṭa (implied upcoming)
• Bharatarṣabha (listener-epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred landscapes—mountains and rivers—are presented as divinely meaningful forms within Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces the three-peaked Trikūṭa mountain within the Reva Khanda’s sacred topography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a descriptive setup for later tīrtha and merit statements.