Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

नित्यं शैलाधिराजस्य देवता त्वमनिंदिते । सर्वं च सन्निधानं च मयि चातीव वत्सला

Transliteration

nityaṃ śailādhirājasya devatā tvamaniṃdite | sarvaṃ ca sannidhānaṃ ca mayi cātīva vatsalā

Translation

„O Tadellose, du bist stets die Gottheit des Herrn der Berge; du bist ganz bei ihm gegenwärtig und mir überaus liebevoll zugetan.“

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘सदा/निरन्तरम्’

• शैलाधिराजस्य: of the king of mountains (Himālaya)
• शैलाधिराजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल + अधिराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—शैलानाम् अधिराजः (Himālaya)

• देवता: (the) deity
• देवता: Pradhāna-nāma / Predicate nominative (सम्बोधन-निरपेक्ष विधान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे द्वितीयः? (actually 2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अनिन्दिते: O blameless one
• अनिन्दिते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिन्दित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण स्त्रीसम्बोधन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma / Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• सन्निधानम्: presence, proximity
• सन्निधानम्: Karma / Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अर्थतः ‘उपस्थितिः/निकटता’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• मयि: in me, toward me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Viśeṣaṇa (Intensifier/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/तीव्रताबोधक adverb)

• वत्सला: affectionate
• वत्सला: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वत्सल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (त्वम् इत्यस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa); direct speech attributed within the story to the devatā addressing Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Girirāja (Himālaya)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tender domestic divine moment: a speaker (likely Śiva/Skanda-context) addresses the ‘blameless’ goddess, praising her as the ever-deity of Girirāja and as wholly present and affectionate.

Characters & Entities

• Śailādhirāja (Himālaya)
• Devatā (speaker within narrative)
• Aniṃditā (address to Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine relationships in Purāṇas uphold dharma through mutual care—devotion is expressed as presence, service, and tenderness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse invokes the sacred Himalayan identity (Śailādhirāja) as a devotional frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is praise and relational theology rather than a ritual injunction.