Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

इति संचिंत्य मनसा तस्माद्देशात्समुत्थितः । आश्रमेषु महर्षीणां विचराम्यस्मि फाल्गुन

Transliteration

iti saṃciṃtya manasā tasmāddeśātsamutthitaḥ | āśrameṣu maharṣīṇāṃ vicarāmyasmi phālguna

Translation

Suy niệm như thế trong lòng, ông đứng dậy rời khỏi nơi ấy. Vào tháng Phālguna, ông du hành qua các ẩn viện của những bậc đại hiền thánh.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-इत्यव्ययम् (quotative/thus)

• saṃcintya: having reflected
• saṃcintya: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam+cit (धातु) → saṃcintya (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive: having reflected)

• manasā: with the mind
• manasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन (Ablative, Singular)

• deśāt: from the place
• deśāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• samutthitaḥ: having arisen/departed
• samutthitaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam+ut+sthā (धातु) → utthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे (Past participle: arisen/departed, Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• āśrameṣu: in the hermitages
• āśrameṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन (Masculine, Locative, Plural)

• maharṣīṇām: of the great sages
• maharṣīṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (महान् ऋषिः) (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• vicarāmi: I wander
• vicarāmi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+car (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present Indicative, 1st person singular)

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present Indicative, 1st person singular)

• phālguna: O Phālguna (Arjuna)
• phālguna: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālguna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced); narrative voice shifts to first-person in verse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahārṣi-āśrama-saṅga (generic)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler rises from a resting place and walks through forest paths in Phālguna; blossoming trees, clear skies, and multiple hermitages with sages performing agnihotra and teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A seeker of dharma actively travels to the sages, reflecting and learning through direct encounter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the verse highlights āśramas of maharṣis as spiritual landscapes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it narrates dharma-yātrā—moving among sages for inquiry and discernment.