Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

जातस्त्रिभुवनक्यातस्तेन च श्वेतपर्वतः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे वह्निराहूतश्च हिमालये

Transliteration

jātastribhuvanakyātastena ca śvetaparvataḥ | etasminnaṃtare vahnirāhūtaśca himālaye

Translation

ତାହାରୁ ତ୍ରିଭୁବନେ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ ଶ୍ୱେତପର୍ବତ ଉଦ୍ଭବ ହେଲା। ଏହି ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଅଗ୍ନିଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ହିମାଳୟକୁ ଆହ୍ୱାନ କରାଗଲା।

Word by Word

• jātaḥ: born; arisen
• jātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jan (धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; adjectival predicate

• tribhuvana-kyātaḥ: famed in the three worlds
• tribhuvana-kyātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक) + khyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: त्रिभुवने ख्यातः), भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tena: by him/therefore
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual)

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

• śveta-parvataḥ: the White Mountain
• śveta-parvataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta (प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः: श्वेतः पर्वतः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual)

• antare: in the meantime; in the interval
• antare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘in the interval/meanwhile’

• vahniḥ: Agni; fire
• vahniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• āhūtaḥ: invoked; called
• āhūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hū (धातु) → āhūta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate with vahniḥ

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

• himālaye: in the Himalaya
• himālaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śveta-parvata (Himalayan sacred mountain)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous white mountain newly manifest, towering and serene; in the mid-distance the Himalaya glows with cold light as Agni, personified, is ceremonially summoned toward it.

Characters & Entities

• Śveta-parvata (White Mountain)
• Agni (Vahni)
• Himālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred landscapes arise from divine events; mountains and rivers become living testimonies of cosmic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śveta-parvata and the Himālaya are highlighted as sacred geographies, though a specific tīrtha-spot is not detailed here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.