Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

एकैक एषां शक्तो हि अपि देवान्निवारितुम् । तीर्थसंरोधकारिण्यः सर्वा नावारयत्कथम्

Transliteration

ekaika eṣāṃ śakto hi api devānnivāritum | tīrthasaṃrodhakāriṇyaḥ sarvā nāvārayatkatham

Translation

ഇവരിൽ ഓരോരുത്തനും ദേവന്മാരെയുപോലും തടയാൻ ശേഷിയുള്ളവർ. തീർത്ഥപ്രവേശം തടയാൻ എല്ലാവർക്കും കഴിയുമ്പോൾ, അവർ നിന്നെ എങ്ങനെ തടഞ്ഞില്ല?

Word by Word

• एकैकः: each (one)
• एकैकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक-एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (each one)

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• शक्तः: able
• शक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• निवारितुम्: to restrain/prevent
• निवारितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वृ (धातु) + तुमुन्
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive); ‘to restrain/prevent’

• तीर्थसंरोधकारिण्यः: (those) causing obstruction of the pilgrimage places
• तीर्थसंरोधकारिण्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ-संरोध-कारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (‘तीर्थस्य संरोधं करोति’)

• सर्वाः: all (of them)
• सर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• अवारयत्: prevented/obstructed
• अवारयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• कथम्: how/why
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

Speaker

Pārtha (Arjuna/Dhanaṃjaya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A conceptual tableau: formidable śaktis stationed at a tīrtha’s approaches, capable of halting even gods; the speaker highlights the paradox that they did not stop the present visitors.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Tīrtha (as sacred ford/place)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Entry to a tīrtha is not merely physical; it is governed by spiritual fitness and divine permission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is referenced generically; the verse emphasizes the principle of guarded sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse discusses obstruction/permission rather than a specific rite.