Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तपः कुर्वंति सततमपेक्षितवराप्तये । गंगाद्याः सरितश्चान्याः परितः पर्युपासते

Transliteration

tapaḥ kurvaṃti satatamapekṣitavarāptaye | gaṃgādyāḥ saritaścānyāḥ paritaḥ paryupāsate

Translation

พวกท่านบำเพ็ญตบะอยู่เนืองนิตย์เพื่อให้ได้พรอันปรารถนา; และสายน้ำทั้งหลายเริ่มด้วยคงคา พร้อมลำธารอื่นๆ ก็รายล้อมคอยอุปัฏฐากสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นทุกทิศ

Word by Word

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object)

• कुर्वन्ति: they perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सततम्: constantly
• सततम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/नित्यत्वार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'always/continually')

• अपेक्षितवराप्तये: for attaining the desired boon
• अपेक्षितवराप्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपेक्षित + वर + आप्ति (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुषभाव: 'अपेक्षितस्य वरस्य आप्तिः' (attainment of the desired boon)

• गंगाद्याः: (rivers) beginning with Gaṅgā
• गंगाद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा + आदि (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'गङ्गा-आदयः' (beginning with Gaṅgā)

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (सरितः = सरितः/सरितः प्रथमा बहुवचन)

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

• अन्याः: other
• अन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying सरितः)

• परितः: around
• परितः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परितः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशार्थक क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गसदृश (adverb: 'around')

• पर्युपासते: they attend upon / worship
• पर्युपासते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग: परि+उप

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala-kṣetra tīrthas (Gaṅgā-ādi saritaḥ as archetype)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages performing continuous austerities around Arunācala—some standing on one leg, some in meditation—while personified rivers (Gaṅgā foremost) appear as divine women or flowing streams encircling the holy hill in reverent attendance.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Sarits (sacred rivers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Aruṇācala is portrayed as a boon-granting field of tapas, where nature itself (holy rivers) participates in sanctifying the realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala and its surrounding sacred landscape, attended by Gaṅgā-like sanctifying river presences.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is highlighted as the means to attain boons; no specific vrata details are given in this verse.