Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

परात्परतरं स्वच्छं निर्मलं निरवग्रहम् । निरञ्जनं निराभासं यस्मिन्मुह्यंति सूरयः

Transliteration

parātparataraṃ svacchaṃ nirmalaṃ niravagraham | nirañjanaṃ nirābhāsaṃ yasminmuhyaṃti sūrayaḥ

Translation

وہ حقیقت ‘پرَت سے بھی پرَے’ ہے—نہایت شفاف، بے داغ، بے رکاوٹ؛ بے آمیزش اور بے نمودِ فریب—جس پر بڑے بڑے رشی بھی حیران رہ جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• परात्: than the supreme/beyond
• परात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनार्थे (than the beyond/supreme)

• परतरम्: more supreme
• परतरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परतर (प्रातिपदिक; तर-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण (comparative)

• स्वच्छम्: pure/clear
• स्वच्छम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वच्छ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• निर्मलम्: stainless
• निर्मलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• निरवग्रहम्: unobstructed/without impediment
• निरवग्रहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरवग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• निरञ्जनम्: untainted
• निरञ्जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• निराभासम्: without appearance/without reflection
• निराभासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• मुह्यन्ति: are deluded/confused
• मुह्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• सूरयः: sages/wise ones
• सूरयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta/Lomaśa tradition) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame; immediate speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An abstracted vision: Śiva as a luminous, formless clarity beyond all stains; sages at the periphery with hands raised in wonder, their faces showing awe and ‘bewilderment’; the center is a clear, ungraspable radiance rather than a concrete form.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme Reality (Śiva) transcends conceptual grasp; even learned seers are humbled before its absolute purity and formlessness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Kedārakhaṇḍa framework, implicitly glorifying Kedāra/Kedāranātha as a place where Śiva’s highest truth is contemplated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on contemplative knowledge (tattva-vicāra) of the Supreme.