Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

अहमेव तपः सर्वं करिष्याम्यात्मनि स्थितः । पृध्वी च सकला भूयात्तपसा सफला तव

Transliteration

ahameva tapaḥ sarvaṃ kariṣyāmyātmani sthitaḥ | pṛdhvī ca sakalā bhūyāttapasā saphalā tava

Translation

เราผู้เดียว ตั้งมั่นอยู่ในอาตมันของตน จะบำเพ็ญตบะทั้งปวง และด้วยตบะของท่าน ขอให้แผ่นดินทั้งสิ้นบังเกิดผลสำเร็จและเป็นมงคล

Word by Word

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

• एव: indeed, alone
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-भविष्यत्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन (simple future, 1st person, singular)

• आत्मनि: in oneself
• आत्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (masculine, locative, singular)

• स्थितः: standing/abiding
• स्थितः: Karta (Agent as qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative, singular)

• पृध्वी: earth
• पृध्वी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

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

• सकला: entire, whole
• सकला: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• भूयात्: may become
• भूयात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (optative, 3rd person, singular)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (neuter, instrumental, singular)

• सफला: fruitful, successful
• सफला: Pradhana (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive, singular)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (beneficiary/partner in the vow)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful vow: the ascetic fire of tapas rises as a subtle aura around the deity, while the earth below becomes verdant and fruitful; Arunachala glows like inner flame made visible.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Pṛthvī (Earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity undertaken in inner steadiness becomes a blessing for the whole world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala, associated with tapas and the sanctifying presence of Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is affirmed as the discipline, though no specific vrata details are given in this verse.