Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अथवा शुद्धभावेषु शीतो भवमहाबल । ततोऽभिशस्तः शनकैर्मंडलानि परिक्रमेत्

Transliteration

athavā śuddhabhāveṣu śīto bhavamahābala | tato'bhiśastaḥ śanakairmaṃḍalāni parikramet

Translation

କିମ୍ବା ଶୁଦ୍ଧଭାବ ଥିବାମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଶୀତଳ ହେଅ, ହେ ମହାବଳ। ତାପରେ ଅଭିଶସ୍ତ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି ଧୀରେ ଧୀରେ ମଣ୍ଡଳଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ପରିକ୍ରମା କରୁ।

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Discourse/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• शुद्धभावेषु: among pure dispositions
• शुद्धभावेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्ध-भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (शुद्धाः भावाः)

• शीतः: cool
• शीतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महाबल: O mighty one
• महाबल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महद् बलं यस्य)

• ततः: then; therefore
• ततः: Adverbial (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (adverb)

• अभिशस्तः: accused; denounced
• अभिशस्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिशस्त (प्रातिपदिक; √शंस् धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• शनकैः: slowly
• शनकैः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनकैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘slowly/gradually’)

• मण्डलानि: circles; rounds
• मण्डलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• परिक्रमेत्: should circumambulate; should walk around
• परिक्रमेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An abhiśasta person slowly circumambulates concentric maṇḍalas around a controlled fire/heat source; the atmosphere is cool and calm for the pure, with attendants watching carefully.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (addressed)
• Maṇḍala
• Abhiśasta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is affirmed as protective: for the pure, even fire is invoked as cool and non-harming, emphasizing moral truth as spiritual armor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the verse describes a ritual movement around maṇḍalas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Invoke Agni to be cool for the pure, and have the abhiśasta person slowly circumambulate the ritual maṇḍalas.