Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

पुण्यानि रमणीयानि तानि गच्छत मा चिरम् । तत्रस्थाः पुरुषव्याघ्रः पांडवो वो धनंजयः

Transliteration

puṇyāni ramaṇīyāni tāni gacchata mā ciram | tatrasthāḥ puruṣavyāghraḥ pāṃḍavo vo dhanaṃjayaḥ

Translation

ทีรถะเหล่านั้นศักดิ์สิทธิ์และน่ารื่นรมย์—จงไปเถิด อย่าชักช้า ที่นั่นมีปาณฑวะของพวกเจ้า คือ ธนัญชัย บุรุษพยัคฆ์ผู้เป็นเสือแห่งมนุษย์สถิตอยู่

Word by Word

• पुण्यानि: holy/meritorious
• पुण्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तीर्थानि understood)

• रमणीयानि: delightful
• रमणीयानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रमणीय (प्रातिपदिक; √रम् + अनीय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तानि: those (places)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• गच्छत: go
• गच्छत: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मा: do not
• मा: Negation (Prohibition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle)

• चिरम्: for long / long (time)
• चिरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणवत्; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• स्थाः: standing/being present
• स्थाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + क्त (Kṛdanta)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with धनंजयः)

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: tiger among men (best of men)
• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष + व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः (पुरुषेषु व्याघ्र इव)

• पाण्डवः: the Pāṇḍava
• पाण्डवः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वः: of you/your
• वः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case, genitive) बहुवचन; enclitic

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañca-tīrtha (southern seacoast)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The distressed group; framed by address to Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, confident and directive, points the way; the listeners’ faces shift from anguish to resolve. In the imagined distance, a heroic figure (Dhanaṃjaya) stands near coastal shrines, suggesting imminent reunion.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna)
• Pāṇḍava
• Pañca Tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are not only beautiful but spiritually potent, and dharmic protectors may be found where tīrtha-power gathers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same five southern seacoast tīrthas are praised as “puṇya” and “ramaṇīya,” though unnamed here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct instruction: undertake the journey promptly to those sacred tīrthas.