Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

विसृज्य गत्वा महिषीं नंदया मास तां मुदा । तौ दंपती कृतार्थौ च जग्मतुश्चाश्रमं तदा

Transliteration

visṛjya gatvā mahiṣīṃ naṃdayā māsa tāṃ mudā | tau daṃpatī kṛtārthau ca jagmatuścāśramaṃ tadā

Translation

Er zog fort und ging zu seiner Königin und erfreute sie mit Jubel. Dann begaben sich die beiden Gatten, deren Anliegen erfüllt war, sogleich zur Einsiedelei (Āśrama).

Word by Word

• visṛjya: having released, having left
• visṛjya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (सृज् धातु) + vi- (उपसर्ग) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund); ‘having released/left’

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund)

• mahiṣīm: the queen
• mahiṣīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahiṣī (महिषी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• naṃdayā: (you) please/gladden
• naṃdayā: Kriya (Main/imperative-like)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nand (नन्द् धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) → nandaya (नन्दय)
• Form: लोट्/लङ्? (पाठानुसार: ‘नन्दया’—आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्-रूपवत्; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद)

• māsa: for a month
• māsa: Karma (Extent of time/कालपरिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (मास प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mud (मुद्/मुदा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• daṃpatī: the couple (husband and wife)
• daṃpatī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃpatī (दम्पती प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (युगलार्थ), प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• kṛta-arthau: fulfilled, successful
• kṛta-arthau: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृत) + artha (अर्थ) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; तत्पुरुषः (kṛto 'rthaḥ yayor)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• jagmatuḥ: went
• jagmatuḥ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• āśramam: to the hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (आश्रम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (तदा अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Daitya king meets his queen, brings her joy, and together they proceed—fulfilled—to their hermitage, suggesting a calm, auspicious domestic transition.

Characters & Entities

• Daityarāja
• Queen (Mahiṣī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic stories show how boons translate into worldly outcomes, setting the stage for later dharmic consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the setting is an unspecified āśrama within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative movement from boon-receipt to domestic life and retreat to an āśrama.