Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

भिक्षाटनमिषेणैव ऋषिपत्न्यो विरोहिताः । गच्छ तस्ते तदा शंभो पूजनं तैर्महत्कृतम्

Transliteration

bhikṣāṭanamiṣeṇaiva ṛṣipatnyo virohitāḥ | gaccha taste tadā śaṃbho pūjanaṃ tairmahatkṛtam

Translation

«Unter dem Vorwand des Almosengangs wurden die Frauen der Rishis erregt und fortgezogen. So geh denn, o Śambhu—damals erwiesen sie dir große Verehrung.»

Word by Word

• भिक्षाटन: alms-begging, mendicancy
• भिक्षाटन: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षाटन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Case 6), एकवचन (मिषेण-सम्बन्धे: 'of/for alms-wandering')

• मिषेण: by the pretext
• मिषेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Case 3), एकवचन; हेतौ/उपायार्थे (as pretext/means)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; अवधारणार्थक

• ऋषिपत्न्यः: the sages' wives
• ऋषिपत्न्यः: Kartr (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि-पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ऋषेः पत्नी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन

• विरोहिताः: were made to rise/appear (aroused)
• विरोहिताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरोहित (रुह् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; वि-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन; कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Case 4), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (dative)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• शंभो: O Śambhu
• शंभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• पूजनम्: worship
• पूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Case 3), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कृतम्: done, performed
• कृतम्: Karma (Predicate/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; कृदन्त

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual frame) / Dāruvana (exemplum)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, under the guise of a begging ascetic, draws the sages’ wives into devotional fervor; the verse emphasizes their ‘great worship’ as the outcome.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Ṛṣipatnīs (wives of sages)
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames even controversial episodes as occasions that ultimately lead beings toward devotion (pūjā) and recognition of Śiva’s supremacy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting supports Kedāra’s sacred narrative; this verse alludes to the wider Śaiva mythos rather than a single local tirtha act.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) is mentioned as having been performed greatly by the ṛṣipatnīs.