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

即使在圣山Śrīparvata，乃至他处，今日我心中也未曾生起如此境界。我的内在诸根变得不动不变、澄澈明净——如同注满恒河（Gaṅgā）圣水的水道。

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.