Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यत्र तप्त्वा तपो मर्त्या यथेप्सितमवाप्नुयुः । श्रीमहादेवमासाद्य भक्तो यद्वन्मनोरथम्

Transliteration

yatra taptvā tapo martyā yathepsitamavāpnuyuḥ | śrīmahādevamāsādya bhakto yadvanmanoratham

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น มนุษย์ผู้ทำตบะย่อมได้สิ่งที่ปรารถนา—ดุจภักตะเมื่อเข้าเฝ้าพระศรีมหาเทวะ ย่อมบรรลุมโนรถอันเป็นที่รักของดวงใจ

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (where)

• taptvā: having practiced (austerity)
• taptvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tap (धातु) (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having performed austerity)

• tapaḥ: austerity/penance
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object of taptvā)

• martyāḥ: mortals
• martyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्ता (doers)

• yathā: as/according as
• yathā: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/तुलनार्थ (as)

• īpsitam: the desired (object)
• īpsitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īpsita (प्रातिपदिक; √āp/√īps? desiderative sense, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (desired thing)

• avāpnuyuḥ: may obtain
• avāpnuyuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) + ava-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• śrīmahādevam: Śrī Mahādeva
• śrīmahādevam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object of āsādya)

• āsādya: having approached
• āsādya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sad (धातु) + ā- (ल्यप्/gerund)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having approached)

• bhaktaḥ: a devotee
• bhaktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक; √bhaj क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता (devotee)

• yadvat: just as
• yadvat: Sambandha (Comparative/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तुलनार्थ (just as)

• manoratham: wish/heart's desire
• manoratham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manoratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (desired wish)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ascetics performing tapas in a sanctified grove—fireless austerity, meditation, japa—while an unseen Mahādeva’s presence is felt as a luminous, benevolent force granting inner and outer fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahādeva
• Raivata Giri

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas and bhakti converge: sincere austerity in a sacred place, aligned to Śiva-devotion, yields desired fruits and inner fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raivata Giri is implied as the holy locale where austerities bear powerful results, under the grace of Mahādeva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is recommended implicitly; the verse frames it as especially fruitful when oriented toward Śrī Mahādeva.