Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अपालयंत त्रिदशान्विगर्जंत इवांबुदाः । हिमाचलाभे महति कांचनांबुरुहस्रहि

Transliteration

apālayaṃta tridaśānvigarjaṃta ivāṃbudāḥ | himācalābhe mahati kāṃcanāṃburuhasrahi

Translation

彼らは雨雲の雷鳴のごとく轟きつつ諸天を守護し、ヒマラヤにも似た大いなる山岳の地に立った。そこは幾千もの黄金の蓮華により荘厳されていた。

Word by Word

• अपालयन्: they protected
• अपालयन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘अपालयन्’ = they protected/guarded

• त्रिदशान्: the gods (thirty-three)
• त्रिदशान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• विगर्जन्: they roared
• विगर्जन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘विगर्जन्ति’ (text has -ta for -nti)

• इव: like, as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparator/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• अम्बुदाः: clouds
• अम्बुदाः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• हिमाचलाभे: in/at (a place) resembling the Himalaya
• हिमाचलाभे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिमाचल (प्रातिपदिक) + आभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; ‘हिमाचलस्य आभा यस्य’/‘हिमाचलाभे’ = in/at (something) resembling the हिमाचल (Himālaya)

• महति: in the great (place)
• महति: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘महति’ = in the great (one/place)

• काञ्चन-अम्बुरुह-स्रहि: in a garland/cluster of golden lotuses
• काञ्चन-अम्बुरुह-स्रहि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बुरुह (प्रातिपदिक) + स्रज्/स्रह् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘garland’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (पाठदोषसम्भवः: ‘स्रहि’ for ‘स्रजि/स्रजः’); समासः—तत्पुरुषः; ‘काञ्चनानाम् अम्बुरुहाणां स्रजि’ (in a garland/cluster of golden lotuses)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himācala (archetypal Himalayan kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudras roaring like monsoon clouds as they shield the devas on a vast Himalayan massif; the ground or nearby waters shimmer with thousands of golden lotuses, blending battle-energy with celestial purity.

Characters & Entities

• Tridaśas (Devas)
• Himālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order is upheld by powerful protectors; dharma is preserved even amid cosmic conflict.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Himalayan setting is evoked, but no named tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive, portraying protection of the devas.