Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

योजनानां सहस्राणि सहस्रं पिंडतः स्मृतम् । अन्ये च संति बहुशस्तत्र वै केसराचलाः

Transliteration

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi sahasraṃ piṃḍataḥ smṛtam | anye ca saṃti bahuśastatra vai kesarācalāḥ

Translation

அதன் பிண்டம் (பரப்பு/திணிவு) ஆயிரம்-ஆயிரம் யோஜனங்கள் என ஸ்மரிக்கப்படுகிறது. அங்கே ‘கேசராசல’ என அழைக்கப்படும் பல பிற மலைகளும் உள்ளன।

Word by Word

• yojanānām: of yojanas
• yojanānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural: ‘of yojanas’)

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative plural)

• sahasram: a thousand
• sahasram: Pramāṇa (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• piṃḍataḥ: in total / collectively
• piṃḍataḥ: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: piṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘piṃḍataḥ’ = ‘in the aggregate/as a whole’

• smṛtam: is said/recorded
• smṛtam: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘smṛta’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; impersonal ‘is said/remembered’)

• anye: other
• anye: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative plural)

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

• santi: are/exist
• santi: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person plural)

• bahuśaḥ: in many ways / numerous
• bahuśaḥ: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahuśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of frequency)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb ‘there’)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kesara-acalāḥ: Kesarācala mountains
• kesara-acalāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kesara (प्रातिपदिक) + acala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative plural)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kesarācala (collective mountain designation)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single colossal mountain-body filling the horizon, annotated as ‘thousand thousands of yojanas’; around it, numerous smaller yet formidable Kesarācala peaks like lion-maned sentinels.

Characters & Entities

• Kesarācala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The vast scale of creation inspires humility and awe, aligning the listener with dharma through reverent contemplation of the cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha; it mentions many mountains, including those called Kesarācala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.