Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

गमनाय मतिं चक्रे कैलासं पर्वतं प्रति । हंसारूढो महातेजाः सर्वदेवैः समन्वितः

Transliteration

gamanāya matiṃ cakre kailāsaṃ parvataṃ prati | haṃsārūḍho mahātejāḥ sarvadevaiḥ samanvitaḥ

Translation

ସେ କୈଲାସ ପର୍ବତ ପ୍ରତି ଯିବାକୁ ମନ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ କଲେ; ହଂସାରୂଢ ମହାତେଜସ୍ବୀ ବ୍ରହ୍ମା ସମସ୍ତ ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• गमनाय: for going
• गमनाय: Sampradāna/Prayojana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose of going)

• मतिम्: intention, resolve
• मतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• चक्रे: made, formed
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma (Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कैलासस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikaraṇa/Diśā (Direction/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/अव्यय (directional preposition)

• हंसारूढः: mounted on a swan
• हंसारूढः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (आ√रुह् धातु, क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘mounted’; समासः—तत्पुरुष (हंसे आरूढः)

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् तेजः यस्य)

• सर्वदेवैः: with all the gods
• सर्वदेवैः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वे देवाः)

• समन्वितः: accompanied, endowed
• समन्वितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā mounts his swan (Haṃsa) and departs toward the snow-peaks, surrounded by a retinue of devas; the sky becomes a ceremonial corridor.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Kailāsa
• Haṃsa (swan)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In spiritual crisis, refuge is sought at the highest seat of dharma—Śiva’s abode—through humility and collective surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Kailāsa, the transcendent abode of Sadāśiva and a supreme Shaiva pilgrimage ideal.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a pilgrimage-like approach to the divine abode for resolution.