Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एवमन्यद्दिने तात कैलासं धरणीधरम् । गत्वा लिङ्गद्वयं गृह्य प्रस्थितो दक्षिणामुखः

Transliteration

evamanyaddine tāta kailāsaṃ dharaṇīdharam | gatvā liṅgadvayaṃ gṛhya prasthito dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้แล โอ้ผู้เป็นที่รัก ในวันหนึ่งอื่น เขาไปยังไกรลาส ผู้ทรงค้ำจุนแผ่นดิน แล้วหยิบลึงค์สององค์ไว้ และออกเดินทางโดยหันพระพักตร์สู่ทิศใต้

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Hetu/Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• अन्यत्: another
• अन्यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'दिनम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• दिने: on a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तात: O dear (one)
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• धरणीधरम्: the earth-holder (mountain)
• धरणीधरम्: Apposition (विशेषणवत्/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (√धृ, णिनि/अच्-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (धरणीं धरति = mountain)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• लिङ्गद्वयम्: two liṅgas
• लिङ्गद्वयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु (द्वे लिङ्गे)

• गृह्य: having taken
• गृह्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष; अव्यय)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्यय (absolutive: having taken)

• प्रस्थितः: set out/departed
• प्रस्थितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP with active sense); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दक्षिणामुखः: south-facing
• दक्षिणामुखः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहि (दक्षिणं मुखं यस्य = facing south)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On snowy Kailāsa, the devotee lifts two liṅgas reverently, then begins a south-facing journey, cloak and hair moving in mountain wind; the path descends from the divine peak toward warmer lands.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Liṅga (Śiva emblem)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse frames devotion as both inner vow and outer journey—carrying sacred symbols (liṅgas) and moving toward sanctified landscapes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is referenced as the sacred mountain associated with Śiva; it serves as a theological origin point for the ensuing Revā/Narmadā episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Carrying liṅgas for worship (implying installation/pūjā) as part of a vowed journey.