Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा तां महादेवः शुचिः शुचिषदो विभुः । जगामेष्टं तदा देशं स्वपुरं प्रययौ च सा

Transliteration

ityuktvā tāṃ mahādevaḥ śuciḥ śuciṣado vibhuḥ | jagāmeṣṭaṃ tadā deśaṃ svapuraṃ prayayau ca sā

Translation

এ কথা বলে শুচি, শুচিদের মধ্যে অধিষ্ঠিত বিভু মহাদেব তখন তাঁর ইষ্ট স্থানে গেলেন; আর সে-ও নিজের নগরে প্রস্থান করল।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• शुचिषदः: dwelling in purity / seated on the pure (seat)
• शुचिषदः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि + सद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• विभुः: the mighty lord
• विभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• इष्टम्: desired/pleasing
• इष्टम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √इष्/यज्-सम्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• देशम्: to the place
• देशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्वपुरम्: to her own city
• स्वपुरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रययौ: departed/went forth
• प्रययौ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva’s svapura (Kailāsa archetype) / Devī’s nagara (Himavat realm)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the dialogue, Śiva departs to his desired place; Devī returns to her city—quiet, purified closure with a sense of impending sacred ceremony.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Śiva
• Umā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity (śuci) and right order frame divine action—after giving guidance, each returns to their proper sphere, showing disciplined, purposeful movement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is identified; ‘his desired place’ and ‘her city’ are mentioned without names.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition.