Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

उज्जयंतो गिरिस्तत्र तथा रैवतको गिरिः । महती वर्त्तते जालिस्तयोर्मध्ये मया श्रुतम्

Transliteration

ujjayaṃto giristatra tathā raivatako giriḥ | mahatī varttate jālistayormadhye mayā śrutam

Translation

ที่นั่นมีภูเขาอุชชายันตะ และมีภูเขาไรวตะกะด้วย ระหว่างภูเขาทั้งสองนั้นมี ‘ชาลี’ อันยิ่งใหญ่—ดังที่ข้าพเจ้าได้ยินมา

Word by Word

• उज्जयन्तः: Ujjayanta (mountain)
• उज्जयन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्जयन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (पौराणिक-नाम; रूपे ‘उज्जयंतो’ इति पाठभेदः)

• गिरिः: mountain
• गिरिः: Apposition (Anvaya/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Samuccaya (Conjunction-like/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/सादृश्यवाचक (likewise)

• रैवतकः: Raivataka (mountain)
• रैवतकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गिरिः: mountain
• गिरिः: Apposition (Anvaya/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महती: great, large
• महती: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वर्तते: exists, is found
• वर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• जालिः: Jāli (a great ridge/line; proper name)
• जालिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (पाठे ‘जालिः’/‘जालिः’ नाम)

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• श्रुतम्: (it is) heard
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Elliptic predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘श्रुतम्’ = heard

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (contextual); Jālī (intermediate sacred area)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Citragupta (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vista of two sacred mountains—Ujjayanta and Raivataka—with a revered expanse/settlement/forest named Jālī nestled between, suggesting a pilgrim’s route through the valley.

Characters & Entities

• Ujjayanta Mountain
• Raivataka Mountain
• Jāli (region/tract)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is grounded in sacred geography—holy merit is mapped onto mountains, forests, and the spaces between them.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vastrāpatha context is being geographically situated near Ujjayanta and Raivataka, with the notable region called Jāli.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the location and landscape for the tīrtha narrative.