Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तं प्रत्युच्चैः शिराःसोपि विनम्रतरकंधरः । शैलस्त्विलामिलन्मौलिः प्रणनाम महामुनिम्

Transliteration

taṃ pratyuccaiḥ śirāḥsopi vinamratarakaṃdharaḥ | śailastvilāmilanmauliḥ praṇanāma mahāmunim

Translation

ସେ ମଧ୍ୟ ତାଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ମୁଣ୍ଡ ଉଠାଇଲେ, କିନ୍ତୁ ଅଧିକ ନମ୍ର ଗର୍ଦ୍ଧନ ସହ; ଆକାଶସ୍ପର୍ଶୀ ଶିଖର ଥିବା ସେ ପର୍ବତ ମଧ୍ୟ ମହାମୁନିଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଣାମ କଲା।

Word by Word

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

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Kriya-visheshana (Directional/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preverb/adverb), अभिमुखार्थ

• उच्चैः: high, aloft
• उच्चैः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शिराः: head
• शिराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; वैदिक/छान्दस रूप (शिरः/शिराः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• विनम्रतरकन्धरः: with a more bowed neck
• विनम्रतरकन्धरः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनम्रतर + कन्धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता-विशेषण), एकवचन; विनम्रतरः कन्धरः यस्य (with neck more bowed)

• शैलः: the mountain
• शैलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (contrastive particle)

• इलामिलत्: touching, meeting
• इलामिलत्: Visheshana (Participial/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इलामिल (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त/Present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—स्पर्शन्/मिलन् (touching/meeting)

• मौलिः: crest, head-top
• मौलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• प्रणनाम: bowed down, saluted
• प्रणनाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-

• महामुनिम्: the great sage
• महामुनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A towering mountain with sky-brushing peak is shown bending as if bowing; in the foreground a great sage stands composed; the greeter lifts his head yet keeps his neck bowed, embodying paradoxical humility.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāmuni
• Śaila (mountain personified)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Greatness is perfected by humility; even the ‘lofty’ must bow before spiritual wisdom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is within Kāśī-khaṇḍa, contributing to Kāśī’s sacred ethos, though no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the act highlighted is praṇāma (reverential bowing) as dharma.