Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

ततो मया वृतः प्रादाद्गाणपत्यं मदीप्सितम् । कैलासे मां शिवो नित्यं संतुष्टः प्राह चेति च

Transliteration

tato mayā vṛtaḥ prādādgāṇapatyaṃ madīpsitam | kailāse māṃ śivo nityaṃ saṃtuṣṭaḥ prāha ceti ca

Translation

ثم لما اخترتُ، منحني السيادة التي رغبتُها بين الغَنا (Gaṇas). وعلى كايلاسا، تكلّم إليّ شيفا—وهو دائم الرضا—بهذا القول أيضًا.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तदनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष-प्रयोग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; लिङ्ग-निरपेक्ष (instrumental singular of 'I')

• vṛtaḥ: chosen/selected
• vṛtaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛ (वृञ्—वरणे धातु) → vṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘वृत’ = वृतः (chosen/accepted)

• prādāt: gave
• prādāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा—दाने धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘प्र’ उपसर्ग; अर्थ: ददौ (gave)

• gāṇapatyam: lordship of the Gaṇas / Gaṇapatya status
• gāṇapatyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāṇapatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘गणपतित्वम्/गणपत्यं’

• madīpsitam: desired by me
• madīpsitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad + īpsita (इप्सित—कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम + ईप्सितम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘मदीप्सितम्’ = desired by me

• kailāse: on/at Kailāsa
• kailāse: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘माम्’

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial accusative): सदा (always)

• saṃtuṣṭaḥ: pleased/satisfied
• saṃtuṣṭaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ + tuṣ (तुष्—तोषणे धातु) → saṃtuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘संतुष्टः’ = pleased

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (अह्/ब्रू—वचने धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘प्राह’ = said

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

• iti: thus
• iti: Vakyartha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle): इति (thus)

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

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (reporting Śiva’s boon and words)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On snow-bright Kailāsa, Śiva—serene and pleased—addresses the devotee, granting gaṇapati-lordship; attendants and divine aura surround the throne-like rock-seat.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kailāsa
• Gaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion can culminate not only in worldly success but also in proximity to Śiva—service and status among his Gaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is referenced as Śiva’s divine abode; it functions as the sacred setting for the boon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it states the fruit of prior ghṛtakambala worship.