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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

रम्ये तत्र महाशृंगे नानाश्चर्योपशोभिते । विभूषणादि सन्यस्य वृक्षवल्कलधारिणी

ramye tatra mahāśṛṃge nānāścaryopaśobhite | vibhūṣaṇādi sanyasya vṛkṣavalkaladhāriṇī

وہاں ایک دلکش بلند چوٹی پر، جو طرح طرح کے عجائبات سے آراستہ تھی، اس نے زیورات وغیرہ اتار دیے اور—درخت کی چھال کے لباس پہن کر—تپسیا کی راہ اختیار کی۔

रम्येin a lovely (place)
रम्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (अध्याहृतः ‘स्थाने/देशे’)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
महाशृंगेon the great peak
महाशृंगे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् शृंगम्)
नानाvarious
नाना:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण-भाव)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-प्रयोग)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (various)
आश्चर्योपशोभितेadorned with wonders
आश्चर्योपशोभिते:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उपशोभित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; उप+शुभ्/शोभ् + क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (आश्चर्यैः उपशोभितम्)
विभूषणादिornaments and the like
विभूषणादि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविभूषण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (विभूषणं च आदि च) ‘etc.’-अर्थे
सन्यस्यhaving set aside
सन्यस्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+नि+अस्/स्य (धातु-समूह; ‘न्यस्’ = to put down)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), सम्+नि+न्यस्/न्यस्य; ‘having laid aside’
वृक्षवल्कलधारिणीwearing bark-cloth (of trees)
वृक्षवल्कलधारिणी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + वल्कल (प्रातिपदिक) + धारिणी (प्रातिपदिक; धृ धातु से णिनि)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वृक्षस्य वल्कलं धारयति)

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha: Mahāśṛṅga (peak of austerity)

Type: peak

Listener: Sages / internal participants

Scene: On a beautiful lofty peak filled with wonders, Girijā removes her ornaments and dons tree-bark garments, beginning severe austerity amid alpine marvels—rocks, rare trees, celestial ambience.

D
Devī (Pārvatī)
S
Sacred mountain peak (Himālaya context)

FAQs

True tapas is supported by simplicity—renunciation of adornment symbolizes inward focus and spiritual resolve.

A sacred Himalayan peak is evoked as a holy landscape, though no specific tīrtha-name is stated.

An ascetic discipline is implied: giving up luxuries and adopting austere attire as part of tapas.