Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98
Devanagari script
भीमेन सहितो व्योम्नि प्रयातो दक्षिणां दिशम् । ततोऽर्णवमतीत्यैव सुवेलं च महागिरिम्
Transliteration
bhīmena sahito vyomni prayāto dakṣiṇāṃ diśam | tato'rṇavamatītyaiva suvelaṃ ca mahāgirim
Translation
他与毗摩同往，凌空而行，向南方飞去；继而越过大海，经过巍峨的苏韦拉大山。
Word by Word
भीमेनwith Bhīma
भीमेन:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootभीम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/करण-सह), एकवचन
सहितःaccompanied
सहितः:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहित (प्रातिपदिक; √सह + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रयातः इत्यस्य)
व्योम्निin the sky
व्योम्नि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootव्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7/अधिकरण), एकवचन
प्रयातःwent, departed
प्रयातः:
Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-या (धातु)
Formक्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (अस्ति) इति लुप्त-क्रिया
दक्षिणाम्southern
दक्षिणाम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘दिशम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
दिशम्direction
दिशम्:
Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb) क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे
अर्णवम्ocean
अर्णवम्:
Karma (Object crossed/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन
अतीत्यhaving crossed
अतीत्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति-इ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having crossed/passed’
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)
सुवेलम्Suvela (mountain)
सुवेलम्:
Karma (Object passed/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसुवेल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)
महागिरिम्the great mountain
महागिरिम्:
Karma (Object passed/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा-गिरि (प्रातिपदिक; महा + गिरि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘महान् गिरिः’)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Suvela (as landmark within Laṅkā-kṣetra approach)
Type: peak
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Kṛṣṇa and Bhīma ride Garuḍa through the sky, heading south; below lies the ocean; ahead rises the massive Suvela mountain as a dark-green/blue ridge near Laṅkā.
Characters & Entities
B
BhīmaK
Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)A
Arṇava (ocean)S
SuvelaFAQs
The Lord leads devotees across daunting boundaries—symbolically, beyond fear and limitation—toward destined dharmic action.
The verse gestures to sacred geography (ocean, Suvela) but does not explicitly glorify a named tīrtha.
None.