Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

तत्र तुष्टो महादेवो वरणार्थं समागतः । स मयोक्तस्तदा शंभुर्ममषाणिग्रहः कथम्

Transliteration

tatra tuṣṭo mahādevo varaṇārthaṃ samāgataḥ | sa mayoktastadā śaṃbhurmamaṣāṇigrahaḥ katham

Translation

Dort kam Mahādeva, wohlgefällig gestimmt, um die Braut anzunehmen. Da sprach ich zu Śambhu: „Wie soll meine Hand zur Ehe gegeben werden?“

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tuṣ (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘महादेवः’ इति विशेषणम्

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः

• varaṇa: choosing; marriage (selection)
• varaṇa: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासे पूर्वपदम्

• artham: for the purpose
• artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासे उत्तरपदम्

• samāgataḥ: arrived
• samāgataḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘समागतः’ = has come/arrived

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• uktaḥ: was addressed; was told
• uktaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः ‘उक्तः’ = was said/addressed

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• śaṃbhuḥ: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śaṃbhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• aṣāṇi-grahaḥ: taking/accepting of the thunderbolt (aṣāṇi)
• aṣāṇi-grahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣāṇi + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अषाणेः ग्रहः)

• katham: how?
• katham: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (how?)

Speaker

Pārvatī (deduced from narrative context: her marriage/hand-giving)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame interlocutors; within scene, Umā addresses Himālaya while quoting her address to Śambhu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva appears, pleased, for the purpose of accepting the bride; Pārvatī respectfully asks how the hand-giving should occur—devotion blended with ceremonial propriety.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Śambhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion ripens, the Lord responds favorably; sacred union is portrayed as a dharmic, orderly rite rather than mere sentiment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra setting within the Kedārakhaṇḍa (Kedāranātha/Himālaya sacred geography) forms the devotional backdrop.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṇigrahaṇa—the formal ‘taking of the hand’ that signifies marriage—appears as the key rite (though details are not expanded in this verse).