Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

याचस्व मां महादेव ऋषिभिः परिवारितः । करिष्यति न संदेहस्तव वाक्यं च मे पिता

Transliteration

yācasva māṃ mahādeva ṛṣibhiḥ parivāritaḥ | kariṣyati na saṃdehastava vākyaṃ ca me pitā

Translation

„O Mahādeva, wirb um meine Hand, umgeben von den ṛṣis. Ohne Zweifel wird mein Vater deiner Bitte entsprechen und dein Wort ehren.“

Word by Word

• याचस्व: ask (beg)
• याचस्व: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ऋषिभिः: by/with sages
• ऋषिभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• परिवारितः: surrounded
• परिवारितः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘surrounded’

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• न: no / not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: word/command
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himavat realm / Gaurī-associated Himalayan sites (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādeva/Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Umā advises Mahādeva to formally ask for her hand, accompanied by sages; she assures that her father will honor Śiva’s request—ritual propriety emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Ṛṣis
• Himavat (implied as father)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine unions uphold dharma: consent, formal request, and the presence of sages symbolize sanctified social order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Himalayan domain of Himavat forms the sacred backdrop; Kedārakhaṇḍa frames these events within holy mountain geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dharmic marriage protocol is implied: the groom formally requests the bride in the presence of ṛṣis (witnesses/elders).