Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

पितृपैतामहं प्राप्य राज्यं शक्त्यनुरूपतः । ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान्पार्वतीपतिराह माम्

Transliteration

pitṛpaitāmahaṃ prāpya rājyaṃ śaktyanurūpataḥ | tataḥ prasanno bhagavānpārvatīpatirāha mām

Translation

Nachdem ich das väterliche und ahnengeerbte Reich meiner Kraft gemäß erlangt hatte, sprach der erhabene Herr—Pārvatīs Gemahl—zufrieden zu mir.

Word by Word

• पितृपैतामहम्: ancestral (from father and grandfather)
• पितृपैतामहम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ + पैतामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (पितृ च पैतामहं च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; ‘राज्यम्’ इति विशेषण (ancestral and grandpaternal)

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्यय; पूर्वकाल (having obtained)

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• शक्त्यनुरूपतः: according to (my) capacity
• शक्त्यनुरूपतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शक्ति + अनुरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तद्धितान्त अव्यय (तस्-प्रत्यय) ‘अनुरूपतः’; ‘शक्त्या’ इति सम्बन्ध (according to ability)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; ‘भगवान्’ इति विशेषण

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• पार्वतीपतिः: the husband of Pārvatī (Śiva)
• पार्वतीपतिः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पार्वत्याः पतिः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; ‘भगवान्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माम्: to me/me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (first-person)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A crowned king seated in court, then a shift to a sacred vision: Śiva as Pārvatīpati appears, serene yet majestic, about to speak a boon.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Pārvatīpati)
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion supports dharmic prosperity; rightful power becomes a setting for divine instruction and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it transitions to a direct encounter with Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it frames the fruit (prasāda) of prior worship.