Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

गच्छ मंगलतीर्थं तद्गन्धमादनपर्वते । अहमप्यागमिष्यामि तवानुग्रहकाम्यया

Transliteration

gaccha maṃgalatīrthaṃ tadgandhamādanaparvate | ahamapyāgamiṣyāmi tavānugrahakāmyayā

Translation

จงไปยังมังคละตีรถะนั้น ณ เขาคันธมาทนะ เราเองก็จักไปด้วย ด้วยความปรารถนาจะประทานพระกรุณาแก่ท่าน

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Imperative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मंगलतीर्थम्: to the Maṅgala sacred ford
• मंगलतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मंगल (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मंगलस्य तीर्थम्)

• तत्: on that
• तत्: Adhikarana (Locative determiner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषण (parvate इत्यस्य)

• गन्धमादनपर्वते: on Mount Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादनपर्वते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (गन्धमादनः पर्वतः)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Kriya-viseshana (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• आगमिष्यामि: I will come
• आगमिष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अनुग्रहकाम्यया: with the wish for (your) favor
• अनुग्रहकाम्यया: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + काम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/हेतु), एकवचन; तृतीया-हेतौ (by/with the desire); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अनुग्रहस्य काम्या)

Speaker

Parāśara

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgalatīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding yet compassionate figure directs Manojava toward a luminous tīrtha on a fragrant mountain; the mountain is depicted with flowering trees, medicinal herbs, and a shining water-spot signifying Maṅgalatīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgalatīrtha
• Gandhamādana (parvata)
• Parāśara
• Manojava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is strengthened by the guidance and blessing (anugraha) of a realized teacher.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṅgalatīrtha on Gandhamādana mountain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake yātrā (going) to Maṅgalatīrtha; the sage also joins to support the rite.