Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शृङ्गवन्तं महाशैलं ये चान्ये कुलपर्वताः । जंबुद्वीपं कुशं क्रौञ्चं सगोमेदं सशाल्मलम्

Transliteration

śṛṅgavantaṃ mahāśailaṃ ye cānye kulaparvatāḥ | jaṃbudvīpaṃ kuśaṃ krauñcaṃ sagomedaṃ saśālmalam

Translation

اس نے شِرِنگوان نامی عظیم پہاڑ اور دوسرے کُلا-پہاڑ بھی دیکھے؛ اور جمبودویپ، کُش، کرونچ، گومید اور شالمَل—یہ سب دیپ (جزیرے/برِاعظم) بھی دیکھے۔

Word by Word

• śṛṅgavantam: Śṛṅgavat (a mountain)
• śṛṅgavantam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śṛṅgavant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mahā-śailam: great mountain
• mahā-śailam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘महान् शैलः’

• ye: who; which
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• anye: other
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — विशेषणम् (kulaparvatāḥ)

• kula-parvatāḥ: the Kulaparvatas (range mountains)
• kula-parvatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘कुलानां पर्वताः’ (principal/range mountains)

• jaṃbu-dvīpam: Jambūdvīpa
• jaṃbu-dvīpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃbu (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kuśam: Kuśa (dvīpa)
• kuśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (द्वीपनाम)

• krauñcam: Krauñca (dvīpa)
• krauñcam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krauñca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (द्वीपनाम)

• sa-gomedam: with Gomeda (dvīpa)
• sa-gomedam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपपद) + gomeda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘गोमेदेन सह’ (with Gomeda)

• sa-śālmalam: with Śālmala (dvīpa)
• sa-śālmalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपपद) + śālmala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘शाल्मलेन सह’ (with Śālmala)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jambūdvīpa (cosmographic frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic ‘map’ vision: towering clan-mountains and labeled mythic continents—Jambū, Kuśa, Krauñca, Gomeda, Śālmala—arrayed before the Lord like a mandala.

Characters & Entities

• Śṛṅgavān
• Kulaparvatas
• Jambūdvīpa
• Kuśadvīpa
• Krauñcadvīpa
• Gomedadvīpa
• Śālmaladvīpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The world’s vast sacred layout—mountains and continents—is part of a divinely ordered cosmos, inviting reverence and pilgrimage-minded vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse names cosmographic regions (dvīpas) rather than a localized tīrtha on the Revā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.