Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

गत्वा तत्र महादेवं तपश्चरणतत्परम् । क्षोभयध्वं यथान्यायं गङ्गासागरवासिनम्

Transliteration

gatvā tatra mahādevaṃ tapaścaraṇatatparam | kṣobhayadhvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ gaṅgāsāgaravāsinam

Translation

“وہاں جا کر مہادیو کے پاس جاؤ جو تپسیا کے آچرن میں سراسر منہمک ہیں، اور مناسب تدبیر سے گنگا ساگر میں بسنے والے اس پروردگار کو بے چین و مضطرب کرو۔”

Word by Word

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: गम् (having gone)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• तपश्चरणतत्परम्: intent on practicing austerity
• तपश्चरणतत्परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस् + चरण + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (तपश्चरणे तत्परः = intent on performing austerity) विशेषणम् (महादेवस्य)

• क्षोभयध्वम्: agitate/disturb (him)
• क्षोभयध्वम्: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षुभ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: cause to be agitated)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya-viseshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/in the manner)

• न्यायम्: according to propriety
• न्यायम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner; idiomatic accusative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (यथान्यायम् = according to rule)

• गङ्गासागरवासिनम्: the dweller at Gaṅgā-sāgara
• गङ्गासागरवासिनम्: Karma (Object; apposition to महादेवम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा + सागर + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (गङ्गासागरे वासी = dweller at Gaṅgā-sāgara)

Speaker

Indra (Devarāja), by context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-sāgara

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial delegation departs toward the roaring sea-confluence: Śiva sits in deep meditation near the saṅgama, matted locks, ash-smeared body; waves and river currents meet as apsarās and Kāma approach with spring’s bloom.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Indra
• Gaṅgā-sāgara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine powers may attempt to disrupt tapas; steadfast austerity is portrayed as supremely powerful and worthy of reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgā-sāgara, presented as a sacred dwelling-place associated with Mahādeva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights tapas (austerity) and the theme of testing spiritual resolve.