Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

इत्येव मुक्त्वा ते जग्मुस्त्रयोऽपि द्विजपुंगवाः । कैलासं ददृशुस्तत्र तमुलूकं स्वनीडगम्

Transliteration

ityeva muktvā te jagmustrayo'pi dvijapuṃgavāḥ | kailāsaṃ dadṛśustatra tamulūkaṃ svanīḍagam

Translation

ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐทั้งสามก็ออกเดินทาง ที่นั่นพวกเขาได้เห็นไกรลาส และได้เห็นนกฮูกนั้นอยู่ในรังของตนเอง

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• मुक्त्वा: having said/uttered
• मुक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (‘having spoken/uttered’ in context)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (numeral used substantively)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (‘also/even’)

• द्विजपुंगवाः: the foremost brāhmaṇas
• द्विजपुंगवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थः (‘best of the twice-born’)

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• ददृशुः: saw
• ददृशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (to उलूकम्)

• उलूकम्: owl
• उलूकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• स्वनीडगम्: in its own nest
• स्वनीडगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व + नीड + ग (गम्-धातुज; ग-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘gone to/being in its own nest’) विशेषण (to उलूकम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice; within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three eminent brāhmaṇas behold the snow-bright Kailāsa; nearby, an owl sits in its nest, watchful—an uncanny yet natural presence at the sacred threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Prākārakarṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching sacred space (Kailāsa) is part of dharmic striving; the journey itself becomes a means to fulfill righteous aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa—Śiva’s famed mountain abode—is explicitly mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates travel and darśana (beholding) of the sacred mountain.