Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

कैलासे ददृशुः स्थाणुं वदंतं गिरिजां प्रति । एकादश्यां प्रनृत्यानि जागरे विष्णुसद्मनि

Transliteration

kailāse dadṛśuḥ sthāṇuṃ vadaṃtaṃ girijāṃ prati | ekādaśyāṃ pranṛtyāni jāgare viṣṇusadmani

Translation

Auf dem Kailāsa erblickten sie Sthāṇu (Śiva), wie er zu Girijā (Pārvatī) sprach. Und am Ekādaśī gab es in Viṣṇus Wohnstatt während der nächtlichen Vigil (jāgara) Darbietungen heiliger Tänze.

Word by Word

• कैलासे: on/in Kailāsa
• कैलासे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — masculine locative singular

• ददृशुः: saw
• ददृशुः: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — 3rd person plural perfect

• स्थाणुम्: Sthāṇu (Śiva)
• स्थाणुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• वदन्तम्: speaking
• वदन्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — qualifying स्थाणुम्

• गिरिजाम्: Gिरिजा (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजाम्: Karma (Goal of speech/प्रति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक; गिरि + जा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sampradāna/Direction (Goal/प्रति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्ग-निपात; here as preposition) — ‘towards/to’

• एकादश्याम्: on Ekādaśī
• एकादश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — feminine locative singular (time)

• प्रनृत्यानि: having danced
• प्रनृत्यानि: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√नृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) अपेक्षितम्; पाठे ‘प्रनृत्यानि’ इति बहुवचन-रूपाभासः, सम्भाव्यं ‘प्रनृत्य’ (अव्यय) — absolutive ‘having danced’

• जागरे: kept vigil / stayed awake
• जागरे: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जागर्/√जृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 3rd person singular perfect (middle)

• विष्णुसद्मनि: in Viṣṇu’s abode/temple
• विष्णुसद्मनि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णुसद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + सद्मन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — neuter locative singular

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deductive, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On snow-clad Kailāsa, Śiva (Sthāṇu) converses with Pārvatī; the scene shifts to a luminous Viṣṇu-temple/abode where devotees keep Ekādaśī jāgara with graceful dance and lamp-lit celebration through the night.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Sthāṇu (Śiva)
• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Ekādaśī
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma honors both Śiva and Viṣṇu; sacred time (Ekādaśī) and sacred space (Kailāsa/Viṣṇu-sadman) elevate devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is explicitly mentioned as a supreme sacred realm; additionally, a Viṣṇu-sadman (Viṣṇu temple/abode) is referenced as a place of vigil worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ekādaśī jāgara (night vigil) accompanied by devotional dance/performance (pranṛtya) in Viṣṇu’s abode.