Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एते सूक्ष्माः स्मृता धर्माः क्रियमाणा महोदयाः । अतो गिरीन्द्रं पश्यामि सर्वदेवालयं शुभम्

Transliteration

ete sūkṣmāḥ smṛtā dharmāḥ kriyamāṇā mahodayāḥ | ato girīndraṃ paśyāmi sarvadevālayaṃ śubham

Translation

ธรรมเหล่านี้ถูกจดจำว่าเป็นธรรมอันละเอียด เมื่อปฏิบัติแล้วก่อให้เกิดความรุ่งเรืองยิ่งใหญ่ เพราะฉะนั้นข้าพเจ้าจึงเพ่งมอง ‘คิรีนทร’ เจ้าแห่งขุนเขา อันเป็นเทวาลัยมงคลที่สถิตแห่งเทพทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सूक्ष्माः: subtle
• सूक्ष्माः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘धर्माः’)

• स्मृताः: are remembered/considered
• स्मृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of ‘धर्माः’)

• धर्माः: duties; dharmas
• धर्माः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• क्रियमाणाः: being performed
• क्रियमाणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of ‘धर्माः’)

• महोदयाः: highly beneficial; bringing great rise
• महोदयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of ‘धर्माः’)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha/Hetu (Relation/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore)

• गिरीन्द्रम्: the lord of mountains (a great mountain)
• गिरीन्द्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गिरीणाम् इन्द्रः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वदेवालयम्: abode of all gods
• सर्वदेवालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां देवानाम् आलयः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘गिरीन्द्रम्’ इति कर्मपदस्य विशेषणम्

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘गिरीन्द्रम्/सर्वदेवालयम्’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced; first-person may reflect quoted narration within the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Girīndra (within Vastrāpatha/Prabhāsa circuit)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim narrator, having performed subtle dharmas, gazes upon an auspicious sacred mountain crowned with many shrines—‘a temple of all gods’—glowing in morning light.

Characters & Entities

• Girīndra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Small, ‘subtle’ dharmic acts—when consistently practiced—lead to great spiritual elevation and worthy vision of sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred ‘Girīndra’ (mountain-king) presented as a sarvadevālaya within the Vastrāpathakṣetra setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General performance of the previously listed dharmas, culminating in darśana of the sacred mountain shrine.