Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तन्मंत्रधारणादेव तद्गुरोर्हस्तसंगमात् । निर्ययुस्तस्य वपुषो वायसाः शतकोटयः

Transliteration

tanmaṃtradhāraṇādeva tadgurorhastasaṃgamāt | niryayustasya vapuṣo vāyasāḥ śatakoṭayaḥ

Translation

ထိုမန္တရကို ခံယူထိန်းသိမ်းခြင်းသာဖြင့်လည်းကောင်း၊ ဂုရု၏ လက်တော်ထိတွေ့ခြင်းကြောင့်လည်းကောင်း၊ သူ၏ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာမှ ကော်ငှက်များ ရာကုဋိအုပ်စု ထွက်ပေါ်လာ၏။

Word by Word

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular (of that)

• मन्त्रधारणात्: from holding the mantra
• मन्त्रधारणात्: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र-धारण (प्रातिपदिक; मन्त्र + धारण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular; तत्पुरुषः ‘मन्त्रस्य धारणम्’

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

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular (of that)

• गुरोः: of the guru
• गुरोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• हस्तसंगमात्: from the contact of (his) hand
• हस्तसंगमात्: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त-संगम (प्रातिपदिक; हस्त + संगम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular; तत्पुरुषः ‘हस्तस्य संगमः’ (contact of the hand)

• निर्ययुः: went out
• निर्ययुः: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Perfect, 3rd person plural

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• वपुषः: from the body
• वपुषः: Apadana (Source locus/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• वायसाः: crows
• वायसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• शतकोटयः: hundreds of crores
• शतकोटयः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत-कोटि (प्रातिपदिक; शत + कोटि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Nominative plural; द्विगु-समासः (संख्यापूर्वकः)

Speaker

Sūta (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the moment of mantra acceptance and the guru’s hand-touch, a torrent of crows bursts forth from the king’s body, swirling upward in vast numbers, while the guru remains composed.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Garga
• King
• Mantra
• Crows (vāyasa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic narrative portrays mantra and guru-grace as forces that expel accumulated impurity and wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The cleansing occurs in the context of a puṇya-tīrtha by the Kāliṅdī, reinforcing the place’s sanctifying power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-dhāraṇā (acceptance/retention of the mantra) together with guru’s touch as part of dīkṣā.