Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तेषां तु तेजसां राशिर्ज्वलत्पर्वतसंनिभः । ददृशे देववृंदैस्तैर्ज्वालाव्याप्तदिगंतरः

Transliteration

teṣāṃ tu tejasāṃ rāśirjvalatparvatasaṃnibhaḥ | dadṛśe devavṛṃdaistairjvālāvyāptadigaṃtaraḥ

Translation

അവരുടെ തേജസ്സുകളുടെ ആ കൂമ്പാരം ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന പർവ്വതംപോലെ ദൃശ്യമായി; ദേവസംഘങ്ങൾ അതിനെ കണ്ടു, അതിന്റെ ജ്വാലകൾ സർവ്വദിക്കുകളുടെ ഇടവിടങ്ങൾ നിറച്ചു।

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (contrast/emphasis)

• तेजसाम्: of the energies/splendors
• तेजसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• राशिः: a mass/heap
• राशिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ज्वलत्-पर्वत-संनिभः: resembling a blazing mountain
• ज्वलत्-पर्वत-संनिभः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलत् (ज्वल् धातु, शतृ-प्रत्यय कृदन्त) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Determinative): ज्वलत्पर्वतस्य संनिभः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjectival)

• ददृशे: was seen/appeared
• ददृशे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• देववृन्दैः: by the groups of gods
• देववृन्दैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + वृन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Determinative): देवानां वृन्दम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ज्वाला-व्याप्त-दिगंतरः: whose horizons/directions were pervaded by flames
• ज्वाला-व्याप्त-दिगंतरः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वाला (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याप्त (व्याप् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त) + दिगंतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Determinative): ज्वालाभिः व्याप्तं दिगंतरं यस्य; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal, mountain-like mass of blazing radiance rises, flames streaming into all directions; astonished hosts of gods gaze upon it in a sky suffused with light.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Tejas (radiance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power is portrayed as luminous and all-pervading—dharma’s protection is cosmic in scale.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu Māhātmya frame (Rāmeśvaram–Setu sacred geography) contextualizes the vision, though no single tirtha is named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.