Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

प्रोद्धृत्य च ततः स्नात्वा बद्ध्व योगासनं स्थिता

Transliteration

proddhṛtya ca tataḥ snātvā baddhva yogāsanaṃ sthitā

Translation

وبعد أن انتشلته، اغتسلت، ثم عقدت نفسها في هيئةٍ من هيئات اليوغا، وبقيت ثابتة راسخة.

Word by Word

• proddhṛtya: having lifted up / having taken out
• proddhṛtya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-ud-√dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), उपसर्गयुक्त (pra+ud), क्रियाविशेषणभाव

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (adverb of sequence)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• baddhvā: having bound/assumed
• baddhvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √bandh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• yogāsanam: the yoga posture/seat
• yogāsanam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yogasya āsanam)

• sthitā: stood/was seated (remaining)
• sthitā: Karta (Subject predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) → sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle used predicatively); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A goddess-like woman, having just rescued someone, performs a purifying bath and then sits immovably in a formal yogic posture, eyes lowered, breath controlled, aura of tapas around her.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Vipra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After righteous action, one returns to inner discipline—purification (snāna) and steadiness (yoga) support higher resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it mentions bathing (snāna) in a general purificatory sense.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and taking yogāsana (a disciplined posture) are described.