Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

स्मृतो ह्यशेषपापघ्नो यत्र संनिहितः शिवः । यथा कैलासशिखरे यथा मंदारमूर्द्धनि

Transliteration

smṛto hyaśeṣapāpaghno yatra saṃnihitaḥ śivaḥ | yathā kailāsaśikhare yathā maṃdāramūrddhani

Translation

ശിവൻ സംനിഹിതനായിരിക്കുന്നിടത്ത്, ആ സ്ഥലത്തെയും അവനെയും സ്മരിക്കുന്നതുമാത്രംകൊണ്ട് സകല പാപങ്ങളും നിശ്ശേഷം നശിക്കുന്നു—അവൻ കൈലാസശിഖരത്തിലും മന്ദാരപർവതശിരസ്സിലും വസിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ।

Word by Word

• स्मृतः: is remembered/mentioned
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'स्मृतः' = 'is remembered/mentioned' (past passive participle; masc nom sg)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeclinable particle; indeed/for)

• अशेषपापघ्नः: destroyer of all sins
• अशेषपापघ्नः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष + पाप + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine, nominative singular; adjective)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्धबोधक (indeclinable; relative adverb 'where')

• संनिहितः: present, stationed
• संनिहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + नि + धा (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (PPP; masc nom sg; 'placed/present')

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (indeclinable; comparative 'as/just as')

• कैलासशिखरे: on the peak of Kailāsa
• कैलासशिखरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास + शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (neuter, locative singular)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (indeclinable; 'as')

• मंदारमूर्द्धनि: on the top of the Mandāra (mountain/tree)
• मंदारमूर्द्धनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दार + मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (masculine, locative singular)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice not identifiable from the isolated verse; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Triptych-like vision: Śiva’s presence radiating equally over Kailāsa peak, Mandāra summit, and the Gokarṇa precinct; a devotee remembers and is cleansed.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kailāsa
• Mandāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence makes a place supremely purifying; even remembrance is taught as a potent dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa (implied as the place ‘where Śiva is present’ in this passage).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa—devout remembrance—is highlighted as spiritually effective.