Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अधुना हिमशैलस्य भवित्री दुहिता च सा । महेश्वरं पतिं सा च पुनः प्राप्स्यति निश्चितम्

Transliteration

adhunā himaśailasya bhavitrī duhitā ca sā | maheśvaraṃ patiṃ sā ca punaḥ prāpsyati niścitam

Translation

Nun wird sie zur Tochter des Himālaya werden; und gewiss wird sie Maheśvara erneut als Gemahl erlangen.

Word by Word

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘now’

• hima-śailasya: of the Himālaya mountain
• hima-śailasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hima (प्रातिपदिक) + śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (हिमस्य शैलः = हिमशैलः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — ‘हिमशैलस्य’ (of Himālaya)

• bhavitrī: will become
• bhavitrī: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (तृन्/कर्तरि भविष्यत्कालवाचक), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘भवित्री’ (she who will become)

• duhitā: daughter
• duhitā: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duhitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘दुहिता’ (daughter)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘सा’ (she)

• maheśvaram: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• maheśvaram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘महेश्वरम्’

• patim: as (her) husband
• patim: Karman (Object complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘पतिम्’ (husband)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘सा’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्ति-क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘again’

• prāpsyati: will attain
• prāpsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘प्राप्स्यति’ (will attain)

• niścitam: certainly
• niścitam: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: niścita (प्रातिपदिक) / √ci (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘निश्चितम्’ (certainly/definitely)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (Himaśaila)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene prophecy scene: snowy Himālaya peaks; Menā and Himavat in royal mountain splendor; the Devī’s future birth is intimated by a soft radiance descending upon the mountain home.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya (Himaśaila/Himavat)
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Devī (Pārvatī implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine purpose unfolds across births; the union of Śiva and the Goddess is portrayed as inevitable and dharmic.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Himālaya region is invoked as sacred geography, though no single named tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a prophetic statement about the Goddess’s rebirth and marriage.