Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

शिष्यानादिश्य धर्मात्मा गतश्च विपिनांतरम् । अथ सा गौतमं द्रष्टुमागता पर्णशालिकाम्

Transliteration

śiṣyānādiśya dharmātmā gataśca vipināṃtaram | atha sā gautamaṃ draṣṭumāgatā parṇaśālikām

Translation

ครั้นผู้มีธรรมได้สั่งสอนศิษย์แล้ว ก็เข้าไปสู่ป่าชั้นใน ต่อมานาง (เทวี) มายังกุฏิใบไม้แห่งอาศรมเพื่อเฝ้าดูและพบพระโคตมะ

Word by Word

• शिष्यान्: disciples
• शिष्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• आदिश्य: having instructed
• आदिश्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), 'having instructed/commanded'

• धर्मात्मा: the righteous-souled one
• धर्मात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मः आत्मा यस्य)

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) प्रयुक्तः क्रियार्थे; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• विपिनान्तरम्: into the forest-interior
• विपिनान्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपिन + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (विपिनस्य अन्तरम्)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गौतमम्: Gautama
• गौतमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थे

• आगता: came
• आगता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) प्रयुक्तः क्रियार्थे; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पर्णशालिकाम्: the leaf-hut
• पर्णशालिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्ण + शालिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पर्णैः कृता शालिका)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama, after instructing disciples, walks into the deep forest; a divine woman (the Goddess) approaches the simple leaf-hut hermitage to see him.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Śiṣyas (disciples)
• Parṇaśālā (leaf-hut)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeking the darśana of a saint is part of tīrtha-yātrā; dharma is embodied in simple āśrama life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arunachala sacred region, including forest āśramas where great sages like Gautama reside.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the act is a saint-visit (ṛṣi-darśana) within a pilgrimage framework.