Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तं द्रष्टुकामो भगवान्नारदो दिव्य र्शनः । ययौ च पर्वतश्रेष्ठं कैलासं चन्द्रपांडुरम्

Transliteration

taṃ draṣṭukāmo bhagavānnārado divya rśanaḥ | yayau ca parvataśreṣṭhaṃ kailāsaṃ candrapāṃḍuram

Translation

അവനെ ദർശിക്കണമെന്ന ആഗ്രഹത്തോടെ ദിവ്യദർശനസമ്പന്നനായ ഭഗവാൻ നാരദൻ പർവതശ്രേഷ്ഠമായ, ചന്ദ്രനെപ്പോലെ പാണ്ഡുരപ്രഭയുള്ള കൈലാസത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി।

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• द्रष्टुकामः: desirous to see
• द्रष्टुकामः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective to नारदः/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रष्टु (√दृश् धातु; तुमुन्) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (द्रष्टुं कामः = desirous to see)

• भगवान्: the venerable one
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Apposition to भगवान्/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दिव्यदर्शनः: of divine vision
• दिव्यदर्शनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose sight/vision is divine’ (epithet)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पर्वतश्रेष्ठम्: the best of mountains
• पर्वतश्रेष्ठम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पर्वतानां श्रेष्ठम्)

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Destination/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चन्द्रपाण्डुरम्: moon-white
• चन्द्रपाण्डुरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र + पाण्डुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘moon-pale/white like the moon’; विशेषणम् (कैलासम्)

Speaker

Lomaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, radiant with divine sight, travels toward the श्रेष्ठ पर्वत Kailāsa, depicted as moon-pale, luminous, and serene, with snowy ridges and a subtle aura.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śiva (implied)
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy desire (darśana-kāmanā) motivates the sage; seeking divine vision is itself a meritorious path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Kailāsa, praised as the foremost mountain, moon-bright in purity and splendor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes darśana (sacred viewing/encounter).