Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

उवाच शक्रं सुप्रीता भक्त्या शक्रस्य तोषिता । दितिरुवाच । अत्रोत्तीर्णव्रतप्रायां विद्धि देवसत्तम

Transliteration

uvāca śakraṃ suprītā bhaktyā śakrasya toṣitā | ditiruvāca | atrottīrṇavrataprāyāṃ viddhi devasattama

Translation

Erfreut und indem sie Śakra (Indra) durch Hingabe zufriedenstellte, sprach sie zu ihm. Diti sagte: „O Bester unter den Göttern, wisse: Hier ist mein Gelübde nahezu vollendet.“

Word by Word

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; ‘said/spoke’

• śakram: to Śakra (Indra)
• śakram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• suprītā: well-pleased
• suprītā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-prīta (कृदन्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); भूतकृदन्त (past participle) from √prī ‘to please’ with उपसर्ग su-; ‘well-pleased’

• bhaktyā: by devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-भावः

• śakrasya: of Śakra
• śakrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन

• toṣitā: pleased
• toṣitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: toṣita (कृदन्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त from √tuṣ ‘to be pleased/satisfy’; ‘satisfied/pleased’

• ditiḥ: Diti
• ditiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• uttīrṇa: completed
• uttīrṇa: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ut-tīrṇa (कृदन्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे प्रातिपदिक-रूपम्; here used as पूर्वपद in समास; भूतकृदन्त from √tṝ ‘to cross/complete’ with उपसर्ग ut-; ‘completed’

• vrata: vow
• vrata: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; here as मध्यपद in समास; ‘vow/observance’

• prāyām: state/condition
• prāyām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘state/condition, being near to’

• uttīrṇa-vrata-prāyām: (her) as being in the state of having completed the vow
• uttīrṇa-vrata-prāyām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttīrṇa (कृदन्त) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + prāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय तत्पुरुषः: ‘व्रतं उत्तीर्णा या सा प्राया (अवस्था)’; ‘in the condition of having completed the vow’

• viddhi: know (you)
• viddhi: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• deva-sattama: O best of gods
• deva-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; ‘देवानां सत्तमः’ (best among gods)

Speaker

Diti

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (assembly of sages in frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Diti, serene and gratified, addresses Śakra with composed devotion, indicating her vow is nearly complete; a quiet, anticipatory court-of-gods atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Diti
• Indra (Śakra)
• Vrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion that is steady and respectful culminates in spiritual maturity—symbolized by nearing the ‘crossing over’ of a vow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting continues to be the sacred observance-place (contextually Puṣkara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion (or near-completion) of a vrata through sustained bhakti and discipline is referenced.