Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

मयूरं समुपास्थाय गुहशक्तिः समागता । सरोजवनमासाद्य भूतसंघानपश्यत

Transliteration

mayūraṃ samupāsthāya guhaśaktiḥ samāgatā | sarojavanamāsādya bhūtasaṃghānapaśyata

Translation

Matapos sumakay sa paboreal, umalis si Guhashakti; pagdating sa isang taniman ng lotus, nakita niya ang nagtipong hukbo ng mga espiritu.

Word by Word

• मयूरम्: peacock
• मयूरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समुपास्थाय: having approached
• समुपास्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having approached/attended)

• गुहशक्तिः: Guhā’s power/Śakti
• गुहशक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समागता: arrived
• समागता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√गम् (धातु) + त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि क्त (PPP) (has come/arrived)

• सरोजवनम्: lotus-grove
• सरोजवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरोज (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having reached)

• भूतसंघान्: groups of beings/spirits
• भूतसंघान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + संघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अपश्यत: saw
• अपश्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within the Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarojavana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Guhaśakti mounts a peacock and journeys to a lotus-filled grove; there she sees a dense gathering of spirits—shadowy forms at the edge of luminous lotuses.

Characters & Entities

• Guhaśakti
• Mayūra (peacock)
• Bhūta-saṃgha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine intervention moves into the very places where disorder gathers, transforming spaces of fear into arenas of restored dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A “sarojavana” (lotus-grove) is mentioned, but it is not identified as a named tīrtha in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.