Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

इंद्रादीन्सकलान्देवान्वसिष्ठादीन्मुनीनपि । गंगायाः सरितः सर्वाः श्रीशैलायखिलान्गिरीन्

Transliteration

iṃdrādīnsakalāndevānvasiṣṭhādīnmunīnapi | gaṃgāyāḥ saritaḥ sarvāḥ śrīśailāyakhilāngirīn

Translation

ഇന്ദ്രാദി എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരെയും, വസിഷ്ഠാദി മുനിമാരെയും, ഗംഗയെയും എല്ലാ നദികളെയും, ശ്രീശൈലത്തെയും സർവ്വ പർവ്വതങ്ങളെയും കൂടി സ്മരിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• indrādīn: Indra and others
• indrādīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (इन्द्रः आदिः येषाम्)

• sakalān: all
• sakalān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (देवान्)

• devān: gods
• devān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचनम्

• vasiṣṭhādīn: Vasiṣṭha and others
• vasiṣṭhādīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वसिष्ठः आदिः येषाम्)

• munīn: sages
• munīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• gaṅgāyāḥ: of the Gaṅgā
• gaṅgāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्

• saritaḥ: rivers
• saritaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचनम् (Vedic/epic form; for सरितः = सरितः/सरितः)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (सरितः)

• śrīśailāya: to/for Śrīśaila
• śrīśailāya: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīśaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (श्रियः शैलः)

• akhilān: all/entire
• akhilān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (गिरीन्)

• girīn: mountains
• girīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Deductive: a Dharma-instructor voice within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa (narrative speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā; Śrīśaila

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping sacred panorama: Indra and devas in the sky, Vasiṣṭha and sages in a forest, Gaṅgā flowing luminous, and Śrīśaila rising as a holy mountain—linked by a devotee’s thread of remembrance.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Vasiṣṭha
• Gaṅgā
• Śrīśaila

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily remembrance should include the cosmic dharmic order—devas, ṛṣis, and the sacred landscape of rivers and mountains.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrīśaila is explicitly named, alongside the Gaṅgā and all rivers as sacred presences.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (recollection) of devas, sages, and major tīrthas as a purifying mental rite.