Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा विससर्जैनं परिष्वज्य महेश्वरः । ब्रह्मविष्णुमुखांश्चैव भक्त्या तैरभिनंदितः

Transliteration

ityuktvā visasarjainaṃ pariṣvajya maheśvaraḥ | brahmaviṣṇumukhāṃścaiva bhaktyā tairabhinaṃditaḥ

Translation

Nachdem Maheśvara dies gesprochen hatte, umarmte er ihn und entließ ihn dann. Und Brahmā, Viṣṇu und die anderen ehrten ihn in Hingabe.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle: thus)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having said)

• visasarja: he dismissed/sent away
• visasarja: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• enam: him
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (enam)

• pariṣvajya: having embraced
• pariṣvajya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-ṣvaj (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्/अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-अव्ययकृदन्तः (absolutive), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having embraced)

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• brahma-viṣṇu-mukhān: Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the chief ones
• brahma-viṣṇu-mukhān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम्; समाहार/निर्देशार्थः—'ब्रह्मा-विष्णु-आदीन् मुख्यान्' इति; तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (मुख्याः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (and)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (indeed)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Kartr-karana (Agent group/कर्तृ-समूहः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• abhinaṃditaḥ: was praised/hailed
• abhinaṃditaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-nand (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Nārada (narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva embraces Skanda and dismisses him; Brahmā and Viṣṇu with other devas offer devotional salutations, forming a semicircle of reverence; the moment is tender yet ceremonially grand.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Skanda
• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine missions proceed through blessing and humility: even the highest gods honor one another through bhakti and respectful acclaim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it concludes Śiva’s instruction sequence that includes the Staṃbha-tīrtha vow in the prior verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it models devotional honoring (abhinandana) of the divine through bhakti.