Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

ओंकारस्य च माहात्म्यं याथात्म्येन न शक्यते । वर्षाणामयुतेनापि ग्रंथकोटिभिरेव वा

Transliteration

oṃkārasya ca māhātmyaṃ yāthātmyena na śakyate | varṣāṇāmayutenāpi graṃthakoṭibhireva vā

Translation

Đại uy lực của Oṃkāra không thể diễn tả trọn vẹn đúng như thật—dẫu có mười ngàn năm, hay dù có mười triệu quyển sách.

Word by Word

• ओंकारस्य: of Oṃkāra
• ओंकारस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma/Topic (Object or subject by context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• याथात्म्येन: in accordance with reality; truly
• याथात्म्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• शक्यते: is possible (to be done)
• शक्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• अयुतेन: by ten-thousand (as a measure)
• अयुतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (particle: ‘even/also’)

• ग्रन्थकोटिभिः: by crores of books
• ग्रन्थकोटिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रन्थ + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ग्रन्थानां कोटिभिः = ‘by crores of books’)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle: ‘or’)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast cosmic library dissolves into a single radiant Oṃ; scrolls and books extend endlessly, while a sage gestures in humility, indicating the mantra’s boundlessness beyond words.

Characters & Entities

• Oṃkāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Oṃ is spiritually inexhaustible; its depth surpasses time, scholarship, and textual volume.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse magnifies the mantra itself as supremely venerable.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it motivates Oṃ-japa and reverent contemplation by stressing Oṃ’s immeasurable greatness.