Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

येन तप्तं गुप्तक्षेत्रे येन देव्यः सुतोषिताः । यस्यातुलं बाहुबलं तेन चोक्तं निशम्यताम्

Transliteration

yena taptaṃ guptakṣetre yena devyaḥ sutoṣitāḥ | yasyātulaṃ bāhubalaṃ tena coktaṃ niśamyatām

Translation

اسی سورما کی کہی ہوئی بات سنو—جس نے گپتکشیتر میں تپسیا کی، جس نے دیویوں کو پوری طرح راضی کیا، اور جس کی بازوؤں کی قوت بے مثال ہے۔

Word by Word

• yena: by whom/with which
• yena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• taptaṃ: austerity performed / heated
• taptaṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tap (तप् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (तप् = तप्तम् = performed austerity/heat)

• guptakṣetre: in the protected/secret field
• guptakṣetre: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gupta + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—गुप्तं क्षेत्रम् (protected/secret field)

• yena: by whom
• yena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• devyaḥ: the goddesses
• devyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• sutoṣitāḥ: were well-pleased
• sutoṣitāḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: su + tuṣ (तुष् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (देव्यः)

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• atulaṃ: incomparable
• atulaṃ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• bāhubalaṃ: strength of arms
• bāhubalaṃ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāhu + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—बाहोः बलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• tena: by him/therefore
• tena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• uktaṃ: (what is) said
• uktaṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• niśamyatām: let it be heard/attended to
• niśamyatām: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + śam (शम् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (let it be listened to)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; within the narrative a warrior speaks (Bhīma implied by context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A herald-like introduction of Barbarīka: imagery flashes of him performing austerities in a secluded sacred grove/rocky shrine (Guptakṣetra), Devīs appearing pleased, and his mighty arms radiating power.

Characters & Entities

• Guptakṣetra
• Devī (Goddesses)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity and sincere Devī-upāsanā performed at a sacred site bear tangible spiritual and worldly strength.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Guptakṣetra is praised as a potent sacred field where tapas quickly pleases the Devīs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights tapas (austerity) and Devī-ārādhanā as the cause of merit and power.