Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

सप्तर्षीनथ चाहूय संस्कारमंगलं तरोः । कारयामास तन्वंगी ततस्तां मुनयोऽब्रुवन्

Transliteration

saptarṣīnatha cāhūya saṃskāramaṃgalaṃ taroḥ | kārayāmāsa tanvaṃgī tatastāṃ munayo'bruvan

Translation

Dann rief die schlankgliedrige Göttin die Sieben Ṛṣis herbei und ließ für den Baum die glückverheißenden Weihe- und Reinigungsriten vollziehen; daraufhin sprachen die Weisen zu ihr.

Word by Word

• सप्तर्षीन्: the seven sages
• सप्तर्षीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त-ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक; सप्त + ऋषि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (particle: then/now)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/and)

• आहूय: having summoned
• आहूय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√ह्वा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having summoned/called’

• संस्कारमङ्गलम्: the auspicious rite/ceremony
• संस्कारमङ्गलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्कार-मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक; संस्कार + मङ्गल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तरोः: of the tree
• तरोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कारयामास: she caused (it) to be performed
• कारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) (णिच् causative: कारय)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: caused to be done)

• तन्वङ्गी: the slender-limbed (goddess)
• तन्वङ्गी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु-अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक; तनु + अङ्गी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘यस्या अङ्गानि तनूनि’ (she whose limbs are slender)

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-प्रभव-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereupon)

• ताम्: to her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मुनयः: the sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अब्रुवन्: said
• अब्रुवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parvati summons the Seven Sages; they stand around the aśoka tree performing auspicious rites—sprinkling water, chanting, offering kusa and flowers—while Devī watches with composed authority.

Characters & Entities

• Saptaṛṣi (Seven Sages)
• Pārvatī (implied by tanvaṅgī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious undertakings are strengthened through saṃskāra (consecration) and the blessings of realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; the focus is on rite and sage-authority within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃskāra-maṅgala (auspicious consecratory rites) for the tree, performed with the participation of the Seven Ṛṣis.