Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तत्रां बराणि संत्यज्य भूषणानि च शैलजा । संवीता वल्कलैर्दिव्यैस्तपोऽतप्यत संयता

Transliteration

tatrāṃ barāṇi saṃtyajya bhūṣaṇāni ca śailajā | saṃvītā valkalairdivyaistapo'tapyata saṃyatā

Translation

അവിടെ ശൈലജ വസ്ത്രങ്ങളും ആഭരണങ്ങളും ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു; ദിവ്യ വൽക്കലവസ്ത്രം ധരിച്ചു, സംയമത്തോടെ അവൾ തപസ്സു അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• ambarāṇi: garments
• ambarāṇi: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambara (अम्बर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया बहुवचन; कर्म (object of saṃtyajya)

• saṃtyajya: having abandoned
• saṃtyajya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (त्यज् धातु) + sam- + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); 'having abandoned'

• bhūṣaṇāni: ornaments
• bhūṣaṇāni: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūṣaṇa (भूषण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया बहुवचन; कर्म

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• śailajā: Śailajā (daughter of the mountain)
• śailajā: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śailajā (शैलजा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषनाम (पार्वती)

• saṃvītā: clad
• saṃvītā: Kriya (predicate of śailajā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vī (वी धातु) + sam- + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; 'clad/covered'

• valkalaiḥ: with bark-garments
• valkalaiḥ: Karana (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: valkala (वल्कल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन; करण (means)

• divyaiḥ: divine
• divyaiḥ: Visheshana (of valkalaiḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (दिव्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन; विशेषण (of valkalaiḥ)

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (तपस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (कर्म) / प्रथमा एकवचन (as object understood); here object of atapyata

• atapyata: practised (austerity)
• atapyata: Kriya (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tap (तप् धातु)
• Form: लङ् (भूतकाल); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; 'performed austerity'

• saṃyatā: self-restrained
• saṃyatā: Visheshana (of śailajā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yam (यम् धातु) + sam- + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; 'self-controlled'

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himavat-śṛṅga tapovana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śailajā removes royal garments and ornaments, dons bark-cloth (valkala), hair bound or matted, posture composed; Himalayan grove with hermitages and sacred fires.

Characters & Entities

• Śailajā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity begins with simplicity—renouncing display and adopting disciplined living to focus the mind on the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse implies the Himalayan sacred setting but does not name a distinct tīrtha beyond Himavat’s region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Adopting valkala (bark-cloth), renouncing ornaments, and practicing self-restraint are presented as ascetic observances.