Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

गुप्त क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं स च ज्ञात्वा महोत्तमम् । योगसंसाधनं कुर्वन्नत्र तेपे तपो महत्

Transliteration

gupta kṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ sa ca jñātvā mahottamam | yogasaṃsādhanaṃ kurvannatra tepe tapo mahat

Translation

Nang malaman niya ang sukdulang dakilang kadakilaan ng Guptakṣetra, isinagawa niya ang pagsasanay ng yoga at nagbata ng dakilang tapasya sa pook na ito.

Word by Word

• गुप्त: hidden, secret
• गुप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुप्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; अत्र ‘क्षेत्रस्य’ इति विशेषण (qualifier); अव्यक्त-रूपेण समासपूर्वपद (as pre-member)

• क्षेत्रस्य: of the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, sanctity
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• महोत्तमम्: supremely great
• महोत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘माहात्म्यम्’ इति विशेषण (qualifying)

• योगसंसाधनम्: practice/means of yoga
• योगसंसाधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग + संसाधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुर्वन्: doing, performing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + शतृ (कृत्)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक-कर्तरि शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तेपे: performed austerity
• तेपे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘तपः’ इति विशेषण

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kuru-foremost (Kurūd-vaha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama in deep meditation within a secluded sacred grove or cave-like hidden precinct (gupta), surrounded by austerity symbols—deer, kusa grass, water pot—while the atmosphere suggests unseen divine presence.

Characters & Entities

• Guptakṣetra
• Gautama (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowing a place’s sacred greatness should inspire sādhana; holy geography and personal discipline together ripen spiritual power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Guptakṣetra is directly glorified as a supremely excellent sacred field where great tapas is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse recommends yogic practice and tapas at the sacred site (austerity as a form of worship and self-purification).