Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

निश्चितं लभते मर्त्यः कुमारेश्वरसेवया । ब्रह्मचारी शुचिर्भूत्वा यस्तिष्ठेदत्र तापसः

Transliteration

niścitaṃ labhate martyaḥ kumāreśvarasevayā | brahmacārī śucirbhūtvā yastiṣṭhedatra tāpasaḥ

Translation

ด้วยการปรนนิบัติรับใช้กุมารेशวร มนุษย์ย่อมได้ผลสูงสุดนั้นอย่างแน่นอน; ฤๅษีผู้พำนัก ณ ที่นี้เป็นพรหมจารี ชำระตนให้บริสุทธิ์ ย่อมบรรลุโดยไม่ผิดพลาด

Word by Word

• निश्चितम्: certainly
• निश्चितम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निश्चित (कृदन्त; नि√चि/√चित्)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन (adverbial accusative); indeclinable sense: certainly

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; obtains

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• कुमारेश्वरसेवया: by service to Kumāreśvara
• कुमारेश्वरसेवया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारेश्वर + सेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (कुमारेश्वरस्य सेवा) instrumental singular

• ब्रह्मचारी: a celibate student
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); having become

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun

• तिष्ठेत्: should remain
• तिष्ठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; should stay/stand

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तापसः: an ascetic
• तापसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (apposition to यः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The addressed ‘son’/interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tapasvī with matted hair sits near the Kumāreśvara shrine, keeping vigil with a water pot and rosary; the temple rises behind, with a clean courtyard and a sense of disciplined stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāreśvara
• brahmacarya
• tāpasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to the deity at a holy site, supported by purity and self-restraint, leads to assured spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kumāreśvara-tīrtha, explicitly through the phrase “kumāreśvarasevayā” and “atra” (here).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sevā (service) to Kumāreśvara and disciplined conduct: brahmacarya (celibacy) and śauca (purity) while residing at the tīrtha.