Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

योगयुक्तौ महात्मानावास्थितावुरुतापसौ । तयोस्तपःप्रभावेण न तताप दिवाकरः

Transliteration

yogayuktau mahātmānāvāsthitāvurutāpasau | tayostapaḥprabhāveṇa na tatāpa divākaraḥ

Translation

Утвердившись в йоге, те двое великодушных подвижников стояли непоколебимо; силою их тапасьи Солнце не жгло своим зноем.

Word by Word

• योग-युक्तौ: joined to yoga; absorbed in yoga
• योग-युक्तौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; तृतीया/संबन्ध-तत्पुरुष (योगेन युक्तौ)

• महात्मानौ: the two great-souled ones
• महात्मानौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• आस्थितौ: standing firm/engaged
• आस्थितौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; उपसर्ग: आ-; अर्थ: “having taken up/standing firm”

• उरु-तापसौ: the two great ascetics
• उरु-तापसौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरु (प्रातिपदिक) + तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; कर्मधारय (उरवः तापसौ)

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• तपः-प्रभावेण: by the power of (their) austerity
• तपः-प्रभावेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तपसः प्रभावः)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• तताप: burned/was hot
• तताप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दिवाकरः: the Sun
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Āvantya/Revā narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana (tapas-sthāna)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The two ascetics radiate heatless brilliance; above them the sun appears dimmed or softened, its rays gentle, as if bowing to their tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Nara
• Nārāyaṇa (implied)
• Divākara (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner discipline (yoga and tapas) is depicted as spiritually potent enough to harmonize even the forces of nature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative context remains Gandhamādana, sanctified by the yoga-austerity of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the implied practice is sustained yoga and austerity.