Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तपस्तेपे गिरिसुता पुत्रेण परिपालिता । ग्रीष्मे पंचाग्निसंतप्ता वर्षासु च जलोषिता

Transliteration

tapastepe girisutā putreṇa paripālitā | grīṣme paṃcāgnisaṃtaptā varṣāsu ca jaloṣitā

Translation

পুত্রের দ্বারা রক্ষিতা গিরিসুতা তপস্যা করলেন; গ্রীষ্মে পঞ্চাগ্নির তাপে দগ্ধ হলেন, আর বর্ষায় জলে ভিজে রইলেন।

Word by Word

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तेपे: performed (austerity)
• तेपे: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• गिरिसुता: the mountain’s daughter (Pārvatī)
• गिरिसुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—गिरेः सुता (daughter of the mountain)

• पुत्रेण: by (her) son
• पुत्रेण: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• परिपालिता: protected
• परिपालिता: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + पाल् (धातु) → परिपालित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘(she) was protected’

• ग्रीष्मे: in summer
• ग्रीष्मे: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पञ्चाग्निसंतप्ता: scorched by five fires
• पञ्चाग्निसंतप्ता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + अग्नि + संतप्ता (कृदन्त; सम्+तप्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—पञ्चभिः अग्निभिः संतप्ता (heated by five fires)

• वर्षासु: in the rainy seasons
• वर्षासु: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• जलोषिता: dwelling in water (during rains)
• जलोषिता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल + उषित (कृदन्त; √वस्/उष् ‘to dwell’ in sense ‘stayed’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—जले उषिता (dwelling in water)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tapas-sthāna of Girisūtā (Pañcāgni-śikhara)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī performs fierce austerities on the mountain, guarded by her son; in summer she sits amid five fires, and in monsoon she remains soaked—an image of unwavering endurance.

Characters & Entities

• Girisutā (Pārvatī)
• Putra (son—unnamed in this excerpt)
• Pañcāgni-tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast tapas is shown as endurance across conditions; spiritual aim is pursued beyond comfort and season.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the focus is on the ascetic regimen rather than a pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pañcāgni-tapas in summer and water-austerity during rains are described as forms of rigorous vrata.