Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

श्रीपर्वते न चान्यत्र यादृशोद्यप्रवर्त्तते । निर्विकाराणि स्वच्छानि गंगांबांसीवखानि मे

Transliteration

śrīparvate na cānyatra yādṛśodyapravarttate | nirvikārāṇi svacchāni gaṃgāṃbāṃsīvakhāni me

Translation

Chẳng phải trên núi Śrīparvata, cũng chẳng ở nơi nào khác, hôm nay trong ta mới khởi lên trạng thái như thế này. Các căn năng nội tâm của ta trở nên bất biến và trong suốt—như những dòng kênh đầy nước sông Hằng (Gaṅgā).

Word by Word

• śrīparvate: on/at Śrīparvata
• śrīparvate: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīparvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• anyatra: elsewhere
• anyatra: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: 'elsewhere')

• yādṛśaḥ: such as, of the kind that
• yādṛśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• adya: today, now
• adya: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: 'today/now')

• pravartate: arises, occurs, proceeds
• pravartate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु) उपसर्गः pra-
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• nirvikārāṇi: unchanging, without modification
• nirvikārāṇi: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir- (उपसर्ग) + vikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• svacchāni: clear, pure
• svacchāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svaccha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• gaṅgā-ambāṃsi: the waters of the Gaṅgā
• gaṅgā-ambāṃsi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + ambhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गङ्गायाः अम्भांसि)

• iva: like
• iva: Comparison marker (उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक अव्यय

• akhāni: channels, streams (akha)
• akhāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Kālabhīti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīparvata (comparative); Gaṅgā (simile)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene inner-vision: translucent channels within the subtle body filled with luminous Gaṅgā-water; in the background, Śrīparvata as a sacred mountain silhouette, shown as surpassed by the inner clarity.

Characters & Entities

• Kālabhīti
• Śrīparvata
• Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha purifies the inner instrument—making the mind and senses steady and transparent—beyond what ordinary pilgrimage can yield.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The present gupta-kṣetra is extolled as producing a rare inner clarity surpassing even Śrīparvata in Kālabhīti’s experience.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, sustained japa and presence at the place; the verse mainly describes the resulting purification.