Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अस्माद्भूधरजा रदेहसंपर्कात्त्वं ममाज्ञया । संप्राप्ता कृतकृत्यत्वमेकानंशा पुराकृतिः

Transliteration

asmādbhūdharajā radehasaṃparkāttvaṃ mamājñayā | saṃprāptā kṛtakṛtyatvamekānaṃśā purākṛtiḥ

Translation

„Auf meinen Befehl hin hast du durch die Berührung mit diesem aus dem Berge geborenen Leib die Erfüllung deines Zweckes erlangt—ein uralter, einziger Anteil (der Göttin), der sich abermals offenbart.“

Word by Word

• अस्मात्: from me
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-प्रयोगे पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘from me/this’

• भूधरजा: O mountain-born one
• भूधरजा: Karta (Subject; vocative sense implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूधर + जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘भूधरात् जाता’ (born from the mountain)

• देहसंपर्कात्: from bodily contact
• देहसंपर्कात्: Apadana (Cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह + संपर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘देहेन संपर्कः’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• आज्ञया: by (my) command
• आज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• संप्राप्ता: have attained
• संप्राप्ता: Kriya (Predicative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्तः, स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘having attained/arrived’

• कृतकृत्यत्वम्: the state of fulfilled duty
• कृतकृत्यत्वम्: Karma (Object/complement of attainment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत + कृत्य + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘कृतं कृत्यं यस्याः’ → कृतकृत्य; तस्य भावः = कृतकृत्यत्वम् (state of having done what was to be done)

• एकानंशा: undivided, whole
• एकानंशा: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + अनंशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः—‘एका अनंशा’ (undivided/whole)

• पुराकृतिः: (your) former form
• पुराकृतिः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरा + कृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘पुरा कृतिः’ (former form/previous creation)

Speaker

Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā speaks authoritatively to the blue-lotus-radiant Devī, declaring her fulfillment and identifying her as an ancient single portion made manifest again through contact with the mountain-born body.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Pārvatī (Bhūdharajā)
• Devī (emanation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine manifestations are purposeful: Devī’s forms arise as precise responses to cosmic needs, not random events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse is doctrinal/narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a declaration of accomplishment and identity.