Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
Devanagari script
गौरीगुरुत्वाद्धिमवानादिपत्याच्च भूभृताम् । संबंधित्वात्पशुपतेः स एको मान्यभृत्सताम्
Transliteration
gaurīgurutvāddhimavānādipatyācca bhūbhṛtām | saṃbaṃdhitvātpaśupateḥ sa eko mānyabhṛtsatām
Translation
在群山之中，唯有喜马梵被尊崇：因他是圣母高丽的可敬之父，因他为诸山承地者之首，又因他与牧主帕舒帕提（湿婆）有亲缘。
Word by Word
गौरीगुरुत्वात्because of being Gaurī’s father/elder (lit. Gaurī-related ‘heaviness’)
गौरीगुरुत्वात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootगौरी-गुरुत्व (प्रातिपदिक; समास: गौरी + गुरुत्व)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ (because of)
हिमवान्Himavān (Himalaya)
हिमवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
आदिपत्यात्because of being the chief/lord
आदिपत्यात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootआदि-पत्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास: आदि + पत्य)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)
भूभृताम्of the earth-bearers (kings/mountains)
भूभृताम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभू-भृत् (प्रातिपदिक; समास: भू + भृत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धे (of the kings/mountain-bearers)
संबंधित्वात्because of relationship/connection
संबंधित्वात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootसंबंधित्व (प्रातिपदिक; भाववाचक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ
पशुपतेःof Paśupati (Śiva)
पशुपतेः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपशुपति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
एकःalone/unique
एकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
मान्यभृत्सताम्of the good who uphold honour (the noble)
मान्यभृत्सताम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमान्य-भृत्-सत् (प्रातिपदिक; समास: मान्य + भृत् + सत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; ‘मान्यं भृत्’ (honour-bearers) + ‘सत्’ (good people)
Speaker
Vindhya
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Himālaya (Himavān)
Type: peak
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Ṛṣis / internal audience
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Himavān personified as a regal mountain-king, with Gaurī’s presence implied (lotus, feminine aura) and Śiva’s sambandha suggested by trident/linga motifs; devas honoring him.
Characters & Entities
G
GaurīH
HimavānP
Paśupati (Śiva)M
MountainsFAQs
Honor arises from sacred association and dharmic stature—not merely from wealth or display.
No specific tirtha is named; the verse invokes Śaiva sacred relationships that resonate with Kāśī’s Śiva-centered mahātmya.
None.