Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

उदयाद्रिर्महेंद्रश्च तथैवास्तगिरिर्महान्

Transliteration

udayādrirmaheṃdraśca tathaivāstagirirmahān

Translation

उदयाद्रिर्महेन्द्रश्च तथैवास्तगिरिर्महान्—एते पर्वतश्रेष्ठा आगताः।

Word by Word

• उदयाद्रिः: the Udaya mountain
• उदयाद्रिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (उदयस्य अद्रिः)

• महेंद्रः: Mahendra (mountain)
• महेंद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेंद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/so')

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• अस्तगिरिः: the Astagiri (setting mountain)
• अस्तगिरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त + गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अस्तस्य गिरिः)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अस्तगिरिः इत्यस्य)

Speaker

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession-like tableau of personified mountains—towering, radiant, crowned with forests and clouds—moving toward the Kedāra region as if living beings responding to a divine summons.

Characters & Entities

• Udayādri
• Mahendra
• Astagiri

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All directions and their sacred landmarks are drawn into the divine story, suggesting universal participation in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s sacred-geography tapestry rather than naming a single tīrtha directly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.