Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

वेदारण्ये महापुण्ये दर्शयिष्याम्यसंशयः । तद्गच्छ शीघ्रं विंध्याद्रिं निग्रहीतुं मुनीश्वर

Transliteration

vedāraṇye mahāpuṇye darśayiṣyāmyasaṃśayaḥ | tadgaccha śīghraṃ viṃdhyādriṃ nigrahītuṃ munīśvara

Translation

“ณ เวทารัณยะอันเปี่ยมมหาบุญ เราจักแสดงรูปนั้นแก่เจ้าโดยไม่ต้องสงสัย เพราะฉะนั้น โอ้เจ้าแห่งฤๅษี จงรีบไปยับยั้งเขาวินธยะเถิด”

Word by Word

• वेदारण्ये: in the Vedāraṇya (forest)
• वेदारण्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘वेदानां अरण्ये’

• महापुण्ये: in the very holy (place)
• महापुण्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वेदारण्ये इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• दर्शयिष्यामि: I will show
• दर्शयिष्यामि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) [णिच् causative: दर्शय्]
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• असंशयः: without doubt
• असंशयः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial use: ‘without doubt’)

• तत्: therefore/then
• तत्: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (then/therefore)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• विंध्याद्रिम्: the Vindhya mountain
• विंध्याद्रिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निग्रहीतुम्: to restrain
• निग्रहीतुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ

• मुनीश्वर: O lord of sages
• मुनीश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘मुनीनां ईश्वरः’

Speaker

Śiva (Śambhu/Pinākin)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vedāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares that in the supremely meritorious Vedāraṇya he will show the wedding form without doubt, and urges Agastya to hurry to restrain Vindhya—linking epiphany to pilgrimage and duty.

Characters & Entities

• Vedāraṇya
• Śiva
• Agastya
• Vindhya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion is paired with decisive action: the Lord grants darśana, yet insists on swift fulfillment of world-protecting duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vedāraṇya is explicitly praised as “mahāpuṇya,” a highly meritorious sacred forest where Śiva grants special darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instruction of sacred undertaking: proceed quickly to restrain Vindhya, with the promise of darśana at Vedāraṇya.