Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

जननी सर्वलोकस्य भाविनी भूतभाविनी । तद्यथा शीघ्रमेवैषा योगं यातु पिनाकिना

Transliteration

jananī sarvalokasya bhāvinī bhūtabhāvinī | tadyathā śīghramevaiṣā yogaṃ yātu pinākinā

Translation

Sie ist die Mutter aller Welten, die Wohlergehen hervorbringt, heilsam für alle Wesen. Darum möge sie rasch die yogische Vereinigung mit Pinākin (Śiva, Träger des Bogens Pināka) erlangen.

Word by Word

• जननी: mother
• जननी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jananī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सर्वलोकस्य: of all the worlds
• सर्वलोकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• भाविनी: beneficent; auspicious
• भाविनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvinī (प्रातिपदिक; √bhū/√bhav-सम्बद्ध)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भूतभाविनी: creator/sustainer of beings
• भूतभाविनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūta + bhāvinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सम्बन्ध/कर्मधारयार्थ); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तद्: so/that
• तद्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत्; ‘that’ in correlative construction with यथा

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Purpose/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/उपमान (as/so that)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणरूपे नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचन); manner adverb

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• एषा: she
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• योगम्: union; yoga
• योगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• यातु: may (she) go/attain
• यातु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पिनाकिना: with Pinākin (Śiva)
• पिनाकिना: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pinākin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सह/साधनार्थ (with Pinākin=Śiva)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (Umā–Pinākin union motif)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Himālaya (contextual addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional proclamation: Devī is mother of all worlds and beneficent to beings; a prayer is voiced that she quickly attains union (yoga) with Pinākin Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva (Pinākin)
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Śiva–Śakti union is portrayed as a cosmic necessity for the welfare of all worlds and beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is cited; the focus is theological (Śiva–Pārvatī union).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it expresses an auspicious intention (maṅgala-kāmanā) for divine union.