Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्र हैमे स्वयं तेन महाभक्त्या निवेदिते । महासने पूजितोहमुपविष्टो महासुखम्

Transliteration

tatra haime svayaṃ tena mahābhaktyā nivedite | mahāsane pūjitohamupaviṣṭo mahāsukham

Translation

Dort, auf einem goldenen Sitz, den er selbst in großer Hingabe darbrachte, wurde ich gebührend verehrt und nahm auf dem erhabenen Thron in tiefer Zufriedenheit Platz.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• हैमे: in the golden (place/seat)
• हैमे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular; विशेषणम् (आसने/स्थाने)

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण; 'oneself, personally'

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental, Singular

• महाभक्त्या: with great devotion
• महाभक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; कर्मधारयः (महती भक्तिः)

• निवेदिते: when it had been offered/presented
• निवेदिते: Adhikarana (Circumstantial locative/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+विद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular; (सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे: 'when/after it was offered')

• महासने: on a great seat
• महासने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular; कर्मधारयः (महद् आसनम्)

• पूजितः: honored, worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; (अहं इति कर्तरि)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative, Singular

• उपविष्टः: sat down, seated
• उपविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप+विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महासुखम्: great comfort/joy
• महासुखम्: Karma (Result/कर्म-फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular; कर्मधारयः (महद् सुखम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himavat-sadana (court/abode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/primary interlocutor in frame (not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a radiant mountain court, Himavat personally offers a golden seat; the honored visitor is worshiped and seated on a grand throne, suffused with calm happiness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through respectful hospitality and worship is praised as a dhārmic act that brings auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it highlights the Mahātmya of bhakti and proper reception of a revered guest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (honoring/worship) and offering a proper seat to a worthy visitor are implied as dharmic observances.