Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यथा न काचित्प्रविशेद्योषिदत्र हरांतिके । दृष्ट्वा परां स्त्रियं चात्र वदेथा मम पुत्रक

Transliteration

yathā na kācitpraviśedyoṣidatra harāṃtike | dṛṣṭvā parāṃ striyaṃ cātra vadethā mama putraka

Translation

«احرصْ ألّا تدخلَ امرأةٌ البتّة إلى هنا، قرب هارا. وإن رأيتَ امرأةً أخرى في هذا الموضع، فأخبرني حالًا يا بُنيّ»

Word by Word

• yathā: so that, in such a way that
• yathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb/conjunction: 'so that/as')

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• kācit: any (woman)
• kācit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kā (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम; Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• praviśet: should enter
• praviśet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + viś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• yoṣit: woman
• yoṣit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoṣit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Nominative, Singular (apposition to kācit)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• hara-antike: near Hara (Śiva)
• hara-antike: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक) + antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अन्तिक), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; 'near Hara'

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• parām: another, different
• parām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• striyam: a woman
• striyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• vadethāḥ: you should say
• vadethāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Optative, 2nd person, Singular

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive, Singular

• putraka: dear son
• putraka: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative, Singular

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī issues a firm instruction to her son/attendant at the edge of a sacred grove near Śiva: he stands alert as a guardian, while the inner sanctum area remains secluded and charged with ascetic power.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Her son (addressed as putraka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas requires protection of a consecrated boundary—guarding the sanctity of spiritual practice is itself dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes proximity to Hara (Śiva) as sacred space; no named tīrtha is given.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical discipline is stated: restricting entry to preserve the purity and focus of the austerity-site.