Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

उपसर्गैर्महाघोरैरावर्त्यंते पुनः पुनः । प्रावृत्य कंबलं शुक्लं योगी तस्मान्मनोमयम्

Transliteration

upasargairmahāghorairāvartyaṃte punaḥ punaḥ | prāvṛtya kaṃbalaṃ śuklaṃ yogī tasmānmanomayam

Translation

幾度となく、きわめて恐るべき障碍によって心は再び再び渦巻かされる。ゆえに瑜伽行者は白き毛布に身を包み、心より成る修行、すなわち内なる観想に帰依すべし。

Word by Word

• उपसर्गैः: by afflictions / obstacles
• उपसर्गैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• महाघोरैः: very terrible
• महाघोरैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान्तः घोराः)

• आवर्त्यन्ते: are whirled about / are made to turn
• आवर्त्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रावृत्य: having covered / having wrapped
• प्रावृत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• कम्बलम्: blanket
• कम्बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शुक्लम्: white
• शुक्लम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• योगी: the yogin
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मनोमयम्: made of mind / mental
• मनोमयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मनसा मयम् = mind-made)

Speaker

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin wrapped in a white blanket, seated in a small cave or hut; outside, dark storm-forms (upasargas) swirl, but inside a calm inner light radiates from the heart-lotus, indicating manomaya sādhana.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When obstacles repeatedly agitate the seeker, the remedy is inward steadiness—turning the practice toward mental recollection and contemplation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is mentioned; the teaching is practical guidance for yogic life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A lifestyle cue is implied (white blanket/simple covering), but the main prescription is mental inwardness and steadiness amid obstacles.