Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

तथा गिरिजया प्रोक्तः शंकरो लोकशंकरः । हारितं च मया दत्तः पण एव च नान्यथा

Transliteration

tathā girijayā proktaḥ śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ | hāritaṃ ca mayā dattaḥ paṇa eva ca nānyathā

Translation

So sprach Girijā zu Śaṅkara, dem Wohltäter der Welten: „Was ich verloren habe, ist wahrlich gegeben worden; es ist der Einsatz und nichts anderes.“

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable

• गिरिजया: by Girijā (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजया: Kartr-karana (Agent expressed in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental singular

• प्रोक्तः: was spoken
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicate in passive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘said/spoken’

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• लोकशंकरः: benefactor of the world
• लोकशंकरः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकस्य शंकरः)

• हारितम्: (that which was) taken away/forfeited
• हारितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हारित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter Nom./Acc. singular; (अर्थे: हृतम्/हरितम् ‘taken away’ इति पाठभेदसम्भव)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana/Agent (Instrument/agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — 1st person pronoun, Instrumental singular

• दत्तः: given
• दत्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘given’ (agreeing with implied ‘paṇaḥ’)

• पणः: stake; wager
• पणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — particle

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — negation particle

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — adverb ‘otherwise’

Speaker

Sūta narrating; direct speech attributed to Pārvatī (Girijā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Girijā speaks directly to Śaṅkara, calling him benefactor of worlds; she asserts that what she lost has been duly given as the wager—no more, no less.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma values clarity and accountability—what is staked and lost must be acknowledged without equivocation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the overarching setting of Kedārakhaṇḍa, though this verse centers on interpersonal dharma rather than site praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concerns the ethics of a wager within the narrative.