Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

जंगमेन च तत्रैव जितं स्थावरमेव च । पयसा च जिता तत्र स्थलभूमिरभूत्तदा

Transliteration

jaṃgamena ca tatraiva jitaṃ sthāvarameva ca | payasā ca jitā tatra sthalabhūmirabhūttadā

Translation

അവിടെ ചലിക്കുന്നതു സ്ഥിരത്തെ ജയിച്ചു; സ്ഥിരം തന്നെ ചലിക്കുന്നതിനെ പരാജയപ്പെടുത്തി. ജലം വരണ്ട നിലത്തെയും കീഴടക്കി; ആ സ്ഥലം രൂപാന്തരപ്പെട്ടതുപോലെ ആയി।

Word by Word

• जङ्गमेन: by the moving (creature/thing)
• जङ्गमेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by/with the moving one)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction ‘and’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय — locative adverb ‘there’

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय — emphatic particle

• जितम्: conquered/overcome
• जितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘conquered’

• स्थावरम्: the immovable (thing)
• स्थावरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय — emphatic particle

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction ‘and’

• पयसा: by water
• पयसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd), एकवचन — Instrumental singular ‘by water/milk’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction ‘and’

• जिता: was conquered
• जिता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past passive participle agreeing with ‘भूमिः’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय — ‘there’

• स्थलभूमिः: the land (ground)
• स्थलभूमिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थल (प्रातिपदिक) + भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st), एकवचन — ‘land-ground’; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-सम्भाव्यः, परन्तु अर्थतः तत्पुरुषः (स्थलस्य भूमिः)

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अङ्गभूतः भूतकालः/अorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘became/was’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय — ‘then’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Himalayan sacred precinct where dry ground seems flooded and water seems solid; pilgrims hesitate at the threshold as the landscape appears transformed, shimmering between land and water.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place can overturn ordinary perception, teaching that divine power exceeds worldly certainty and invites surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra tīrtha region as narrated in Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse.