Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

युग्मम् । तस्यां रात्रौ तया सार्धं स मुनिर्जगदंबिकाम् । जपध्यान तपोभिश्च तोषयामास पार्वतीम्

Transliteration

yugmam | tasyāṃ rātrau tayā sārdhaṃ sa munirjagadaṃbikām | japadhyāna tapobhiśca toṣayāmāsa pārvatīm

Translation

(Zweizeiler.) In jener Nacht, zusammen mit ihr, erfreute der Weise Pārvatī, die Mutter der Welt, durch Japa, Meditation und die Askesen des Tapas.

Word by Word

• युग्मम्: a pair (of verses)
• युग्मम्: Sambandha (textual marker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ग्रन्थसूचक-शब्द (editorial: 'couplet')

• तस्याम्: in that
• तस्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन

• तया: with her/by her
• तया: Sahakārī (accompaniment basis)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental), एकवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakārī (association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition/adverb: 'together with')

• स: he
• स: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative), एकवचन

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जगदंबिकाम्: Jagadambikā (Mother of the world)
• जगदंबिकाम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः अम्बिका); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन

• जप: by recitation
• जप: Karaṇa (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental), बहुवचन (समास/समुच्चय-प्रयोगे 'जपध्यानतपोभिः' इत्यस्य अङ्ग)

• ध्यान: by meditation
• ध्यान: Karaṇa (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental), बहुवचन (समुच्चय-प्रयोग)

• तपोभिः: by austerities
• तपोभिः: Karaṇa (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तोषयामास: pleased/satisfied
• तोषयामास: Karta (subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense (णिच्): तोषयति (to please)

• पार्वतीम्: Pārvatī
• पार्वतीम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jagadambikā-toṣa through jāgaraṇa-sādhana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the night vigil, the sage and the woman together perform japa and meditation; a subtle vision of Pārvatī as Jagadambikā appears, pleased, bestowing grace.

Characters & Entities

• Jagadambikā (Pārvatī)
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine Mother is pleased when devotion is expressed through steady practice—japa, meditation, and tapas—done in sincerity and companionship of the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the devotional ‘field’ of a vigil night dedicated to the Goddess.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pleasing Pārvatī through a combined sādhana of japa, dhyāna, and tapas, undertaken during the vigil night.