Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यावत्तरंगमालाभिरावृतोऽभूद्भिषक्तमः । शनैः शनैः समायातो दृष्टोऽसौ वृषपर्वणा

Transliteration

yāvattaraṃgamālābhirāvṛto'bhūdbhiṣaktamaḥ | śanaiḥ śanaiḥ samāyāto dṛṣṭo'sau vṛṣaparvaṇā

Translation

جب وہ برترین طبیب موجوں کی مالاؤں میں ڈھکا ہوا تھا، تو آہستہ آہستہ آگے آیا؛ اور وِرشپَروَن نے اسے دیکھ لیا۔

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as/while
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal/extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/कालवाचक-अव्यय (until/so long as)

• तरङ्गमालाभिः: by garlands/rows of waves
• तरङ्गमालाभिः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; (तरङ्गाणां माला)

• आवृतः: was covered
• आवृतः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√वृ (धातु) → आवृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-रूपेण

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Auxiliary/past ‘became’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfect past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भिषक्तमः: the greatest physician
• भिषक्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषज्/भिषक् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (superlative)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तमप्-प्रत्ययान्त (superlative)

• शनैः: slowly
• शनैः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: ‘slowly’)

• शनैः: slowly
• शनैः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-क्रियाविशेषणम् (reduplicated adverb)

• समायातः: came/approached
• समायातः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ√या (धातु) → समायात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-रूपेण

• दृष्टः: was seen
• दृष्टः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (was seen)

• असौ: that one/he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वृषपर्वणा: by Vṛṣaparvan
• वृषपर्वणा: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-करणे (agent in passive)

Speaker

Lomaśa (continuing narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhanvantari, the supreme physician, is partly hidden by garlands of waves as he advances slowly; Vṛṣaparvan notices him.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanvantari (bhiṣaktama)
• Vṛṣaparvan

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Providence reveals its gifts in due course—what is precious appears gradually, testing patience and intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is referenced; the verse is a narrative detail within the Kedārakhaṇḍa frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.