Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

विचरामि प्रतीतोऽहं तदारूढो यदृच्छया । अथ काले कियन्मात्रे व्यतीतेऽत्रैवं पर्वते

Transliteration

vicarāmi pratīto'haṃ tadārūḍho yadṛcchayā | atha kāle kiyanmātre vyatīte'traivaṃ parvate

Translation

അങ്ങനെ യാദൃശ്ചികമായി അതിൽ കയറി ഞാൻ തൃപ്തചിത്തനായി വിഹരിച്ചു. പിന്നെ ഈ പർവതത്തിൽ അല്പസമയം കഴിഞ്ഞതുമാത്രത്തിൽ ഇതു സംഭവിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• vicarāmi: I roam/travel
• vicarāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; वि-उपसर्ग

• pratītaḥ: convinced/assured
• pratītaḥ: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √i/√pratī)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (aham)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• ārūḍhaḥ: mounted/ascended
• ārūḍhaḥ: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ārūḍha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ruh)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (aham)

• yadṛcchayā: by chance
• yadṛcchayā: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yadṛcchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘by chance’

• atha: then
• atha: Anantara (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/आरम्भसूचक-अव्यय (then/now)

• kāle: when (in time)
• kāle: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• kiyat: how much
• kiyat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kiyat (प्रातिपदिक; interrogative/quantitative)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (mātre)

• mātre: in (a) mere measure/short while
• mātre: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• vyatīte: when (it had) passed
• vyatīte: Sati-saptamī (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ati-i (धातु; √i with prefixes)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) सह kāle

• atra: here
• atra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• parvate: on the mountain
• parvate: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced—Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee rides the divine vimāna around Kailāsa, serene and satisfied; the scene foreshadows an impending event with a subtle shift in sky/light.

Characters & Entities

• Parvata (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even an unplanned journey can become the doorway to karmic unfolding; time and place ripen events beyond one’s intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sets a mountain-scene within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative, but the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as narrative transition.