Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

मेरुश्च गिरिराजोऽयमाश्रयो हि भविष्यति । लोकालोको गिरिवर उदयाद्रिर्महायशः

Transliteration

meruśca girirājo'yamāśrayo hi bhaviṣyati | lokāloko girivara udayādrirmahāyaśaḥ

Translation

และเมรุนี้ ราชาแห่งขุนเขา จักเป็นที่พึ่งอันยิ่งใหญ่โดยแท้; เช่นเดียวกันกับโลกาโลกะ โอ้ภูผาผู้ประเสริฐ และอุทัยอาทรีผู้มีเกียรติยศยิ่ง

Word by Word

• मेरुः: Meru
• मेरुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction/and)

• गिरिराजः: king of mountains
• गिरिराजः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• आश्रयः: refuge/support
• आश्रयः: Karta (Predicate Noun/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/indeed)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लोक-आलोकः: illumination of the worlds; Lokāloka (name)
• लोक-आलोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + आलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (लोकस्य आलोकः/लोकानाम् आलोकः)

• गिरिवरः: excellent mountain
• गिरिवरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उदय-अद्रिः: Udayādri (the sunrise mountain)
• उदय-अद्रिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (उदयस्य अद्रिः)

• महायशः: greatly renowned
• महायशः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (गिरिवर/उदयाद्रि/लोकालोक इत्यादीनाम्)

Speaker

Kārttikeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Meru / Lokāloka / Udayādri (collective)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mountains/assembly addressed as ‘giri-vara’ (best of mountains)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: Meru at the center as golden axis, Lokāloka as a boundary range, and Udayādri glowing with sunrise; beings and sages take refuge on these mountains.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttikeya
• Meru
• Lokāloka
• Udayādri

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred mountains function as āśraya—spiritual refuge—supporting seekers and sustaining dharma through holy presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Meru and other great mountains (Lokāloka, Udayādri) are praised as sanctified supports within Purāṇic sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a proclamation of sanctity and refuge-status of these mountains.