Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

मेरुप्रभृतयश्चापि मूर्तिमंतो महानगाः । तस्मिन्महोत्सवे प्राप्ता वीरकांस्योपशोभिताः

Transliteration

meruprabhṛtayaścāpi mūrtimaṃto mahānagāḥ | tasminmahotsave prāptā vīrakāṃsyopaśobhitāḥ

Translation

Núi Meru cùng các đại sơn khác cũng như hóa thân thành hình thể, đến dự đại lễ ấy, rực rỡ với những trang sức anh hùng ánh sắc đồng.

Word by Word

• मेरु-प्रभृतयः: (those) beginning with Meru
• मेरु-प्रभृतयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘प्रभृति’ = ‘आदि’ अर्थे (starting with)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-कारक निपात (particle: also/even)

• मूर्तिमन्तः: embodied, having form
• मूर्तिमन्तः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्तिमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• महानगाः: great mountains
• महानगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भानुसार), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महोत्सवे: at the great festival
• महोत्सवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• प्राप्ताः: arrived
• प्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘आगताः’ अर्थे

• वीर-कांस्य-उपशोभिताः: adorned with heroic bronze (ornaments)
• वीर-कांस्य-उपशोभिताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक) + कांस्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उप-शोभ् (धातु) → उपशोभित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभावः (‘वीरकांस्येन उपशोभिताः’ = adorned with heroic bronze)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand celestial festival where Meru and other colossal mountains appear embodied, adorned with bronze-like heroic ornaments, arriving as honored guests.

Characters & Entities

• Meru

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All creation participates in dharmic celebration; the cosmos itself is portrayed as honoring the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights sacred mountains (with Meru foremost) rather than a specific earthly tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it poetically depicts attendance and adornment as modes of honor in a mahotsava.