Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

एको हिमालयं गत्वा त्यजति स्व कलेवरम् । पश्यत्यन्यो हषीकेशं चातुर्मास्यं समाहितः

Transliteration

eko himālayaṃ gatvā tyajati sva kalevaram | paśyatyanyo haṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ

Translation

ایک شخص ہمالیہ جا کر وہیں اپنا جسم ترک کر دے؛ مگر دوسرا، یکسو اور مطمئن دل کے ساتھ، چاتُرمَاسیہ میں ہریشیکیش کے درشن کرتا ہے—اسی کو بلند تر پھل کہا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• ekaḥ: one (person)
• ekaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• himālayam: Himalaya (mountain)
• himālayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• tyajati: abandons
• tyajati: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (त्यज् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• sva: one's own
• sva: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कलेवरम्)

• kalevaram: body
• kalevaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalevara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• anyaḥ: another (person)
• anyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• haṣīkeśam: Hṛṣīkeśa (Vishnu)
• haṣīkeśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; देवतानाम (विष्णोः नाम)

• cāturmāsyam: the four-month period (Cāturmāsya)
• cāturmāsyam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (काल/अवधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—चतुर् + मास्य (चार-मास-सम्बन्धि)

• samāhitaḥ: composed, concentrated
• samāhitaḥ: Karta-guṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (सम्+आ+धा धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (अन्यः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa-darśana in Cāturmāsya (superior to Himālaya deha-tyāga)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone ascetic amid snowy Himalayan peaks preparing for deha-tyāga; contrasted with a devotee in monsoon season calmly beholding Hṛṣīkeśa in a shrine, suggesting the latter’s fruit is higher.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya
• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and austerity, even unto death in sacred mountains, find their crown in devotion and the Lord’s darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Himālaya is cited as a revered sacred region, but the verse elevates Hṛṣīkeśa-darśana in Cāturmāsya as the superior goal.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed rite is prescribed; it contrasts extreme renunciation (tyāga of the body) with meditative Cāturmāsya devotion focused on Hṛṣīkeśa.