Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

महेन्द्रो मलयः सह्यः शुक्तिमानृक्षपर्वतः । विंध्यश्च पारियात्रश्च सप्तात्र कुलपर्वताः

Transliteration

mahendro malayaḥ sahyaḥ śuktimānṛkṣaparvataḥ | viṃdhyaśca pāriyātraśca saptātra kulaparvatāḥ

Translation

ମହେନ୍ଦ୍ର, ମଲୟ, ସହ୍ୟ, ଶୁକ୍ତିମାନ, ଋକ୍ଷପର୍ବତ, ବିନ୍ଧ୍ୟ ଓ ପାରିୟାତ୍ର—ଏହି ସାତଟି କୁଳପର୍ବତ ବୋଲି ସ୍ମୃତ।

Word by Word

• mahendraḥ: Mahendra (mountain)
• mahendraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahendra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• malayaḥ: Malaya (mountain)
• malayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: malaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• sahyaḥ: Sahya (mountain)
• sahyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• śuktimān: Śuktimān (mountain)
• śuktimān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuktimat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त

• ṛkṣa-parvataḥ: Ṛkṣaparvata (mountain)
• ṛkṣa-parvataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (ṛkṣaḥ parvataḥ / ṛkṣasya parvataḥ)

• viṃdhyaḥ: Vindhya (mountain)
• viṃdhyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṃdhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

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

• pāriyātraḥ: Pāriyātra (mountain)
• pāriyātraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāriyātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

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

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक विशेषण; (atra) ‘seven’

• atra: here
• atra: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• kula-parvatāḥ: clan/family mountains (principal ranges)
• kula-parvatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kulasya parvatāḥ)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kulaparvata-s (collective)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping tableau of seven distinct mountain ranges personified as guardian-deities, each with unique flora, rivers emerging from their flanks, and small shrines nestled in caves and peaks.

Characters & Entities

• Mahendra
• Malaya
• Sahya
• Śuktimān
• Ṛkṣaparvata
• Vindhya
• Pāriyātra
• Kulaparvatas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The land itself is sanctified in Purāṇic vision; mountains are named as foundational supports of Bhārata’s sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a single tīrtha; this verse lists the seven kulaparvatas (major sacred mountains).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a geographic/cosmographic enumeration.