Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

स्थास्यंति चेच्छरीरे मे किं न लब्धं मया ततः । इदं कलेवरं मे हि समारूढं त्रिभिः सुरैः

Transliteration

sthāsyaṃti ceccharīre me kiṃ na labdhaṃ mayā tataḥ | idaṃ kalevaraṃ me hi samārūḍhaṃ tribhiḥ suraiḥ

Translation

നിങ്ങൾ എന്റെ തന്നെ ശരീരത്തിൽ വസിക്കുമെങ്കിൽ, എനിക്കെന്താണ് അപ്രാപ്തമായി ശേഷിക്കുക? കാരണം എന്റെ ഈ കലേവരം ത്രിദേവന്മാർ അധിഷ്ഠിതമായി—സമാരൂഢമായി—ഇരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• स्थास्यन्ति: will remain/stand
• स्थास्यन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha-bodhaka (Condition marker/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• शरीरे: in the body
• शरीरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (शरीर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन (enclitic)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Prashna (Interrogative complement/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (किम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here: predicate ‘what’)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• लब्धम्: obtained
• लब्धम्: Kriyā (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘लब्ध’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (किम् इत्यस्य उत्तरम्)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• ततः: then/therefore
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (ablatival adverb: then/therefore/from that)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कलेवरम्: body
• कलेवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalevara (कलेवर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन (enclitic)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• समारूढम्: mounted/occupied
• समारूढम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-ruh (रुह् धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘समारूढ’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (कलेवरम्)

• त्रिभिः: by three
• त्रिभिः: Karaṇa/Agent-group (Instrument/agent set/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (त्रि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (संख्यावाचक); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (सुर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Lohāsura

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lohāsura gestures to his own body as if it were a throne; within/around him appear subtle forms of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva ‘mounted’ upon his frame—like three radiant presences seated on a single chariot-body.

Characters & Entities

• Three gods (Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra)
• Lohāsura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with the divine is portrayed as the highest attainment; the presence of the gods is depicted as conferring unsurpassed power and fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse is a theological statement within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of boon-like divine indwelling rather than a ritual instruction.