Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

उवाच च कृपासिंधुः साधयस्व यथाविधि । कैलासात्तु हरस्तत्र धर्मारण्यं गतो भृशम्

Transliteration

uvāca ca kṛpāsiṃdhuḥ sādhayasva yathāvidhi | kailāsāttu harastatra dharmāraṇyaṃ gato bhṛśam

Translation

Lalu Sang Samudera Kasih berkata, “Laksanakanlah menurut vidhi yang benar.” Kemudian Hara (Śiva) berangkat dari Kailāsa dan pergi ke Dharmāraṇya dengan tekad yang besar.

Word by Word

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• कृपासिंधुः: ocean of compassion
• कृपासिंधुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा + सिंधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता (वक्ता)

• साधयस्व: accomplish (it)
• साधयस्व: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यथाविधि: according to rule
• यथाविधि: Sambandha/Modifier (रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)

• कैलासात्: from Kailāsa
• कैलासात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (from)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Connector (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/but)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Sambandha/Modifier (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• धर्मारण्यं: the Dharma-forest (Dharmāraṇya)
• धर्मारण्यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (destination as object of motion)

• गतः: gone
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रियासमाना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (having gone)

• भृशम्: greatly, exceedingly
• भृशम्: Sambandha/Modifier (तीव्रता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: greatly)

Speaker

Kṛpā-sindhu (epithet of Śiva, in context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, called ‘ocean of compassion’, instructs ‘perform according to rule’ and then sets out from Kailāsa toward Dharmāraṇya with purposeful momentum—divine journey as sacral cartography.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpā-sindhu (Śiva)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Kailāsa
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion and discipline belong together: grace is given, but practice must follow vidhi (right method).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is explicitly named, and Śiva’s movement toward it elevates its sanctity within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

“Sādhayasva yathāvidhi”—perform the practice strictly according to prescribed procedure.