Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । अथ राज्ञी महाभागा प्रणता कीर्तिमालिनी । भक्त्या प्रसाद्य गिरिशं ययाचे वरमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | atha rājñī mahābhāgā praṇatā kīrtimālinī | bhaktyā prasādya giriśaṃ yayāce varamuttamam

Translation

Sūta sprach: Daraufhin verneigte sich die glückselige Königin Kīrtimālinī, erfreute Giriśa durch Hingabe und erbat einen erhabenen Segen.

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta (narrator)
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच्-धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequencing particle)

• rājñī: the queen
• rājñī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājñī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mahābhāgā: most fortunate
• mahābhāgā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (very fortunate)

• praṇatā: bowed down
• praṇatā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-ṇam (प्र-नम्-धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kīrtimālinī: Kīrtimālinī (name)
• kīrtimālinī: Viśeṣya (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīrti-mālinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (garlanded with fame)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• prasādya: having propitiated
• prasādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-sad (प्र-सद्-धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), 'having pleased'

• giriśam: Giriśa (Śiva)
• giriśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giriśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yayāce: begged/asked
• yayāce: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yāc (याच्-धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates: Queen Kīrtimālinī, auspicious and devoted, bows to Giriśa and requests a supreme boon; Śiva is approached with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Kīrtimālinī
• Śiva (Giriśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility (praṇāma) joined with devotion (bhakti) invites divine prasāda and opens the way for worthy boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit pilgrimage site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, devotion expressed through reverent bowing and prayer; no formal ritual is specified.