Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यया पुरा वृतोऽसि त्वं तपसा च परेण हि । परित्यक्ता त्वयारण्ये क्षणमात्रेण भामिनी

Transliteration

yayā purā vṛto'si tvaṃ tapasā ca pareṇa hi | parityaktā tvayāraṇye kṣaṇamātreṇa bhāminī

Translation

„Die, durch deren höchste Askese du einst gewonnen wurdest—jene feurige Frau—hast du im Wald in nur einem Augenblick verlassen.“

Word by Word

• यया: by whom; by which (woman)
• यया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (relative pronoun), तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly; earlier
• पुरा: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal adverb/कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• वृतः: chosen; accepted
• वृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “chosen/accepted” (agreeing with ‘त्वम्’)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• परेण: supreme; intense
• परेण: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तपसा इति विशेषणम्—“supreme”

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/indeed)

• परित्यक्ता: abandoned; left
• परित्यक्ता: Kriya/Predicate adjective (प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “abandoned” (agreeing with implied ‘सा/भामिनी’)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta/Agent (agent of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अरण्ये: in the forest
• अरण्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• क्षणमात्रेण: in just a moment; by a mere moment
• क्षणमात्रेण: Karana (Measure/instrumental of extent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—क्षणस्य मात्रम् (only a moment)

• भामिनी: the passionate/angry lady
• भामिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Girijā (Pārvatī/Satī) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (tapas-bhūmi motif)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recollection scene: the woman evokes past austerities by which Rudra was ‘won,’ contrasting it with a sudden moment of abandonment in the forest—emotionally charged, set against austere wilderness.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity and devotion ‘win’ divine grace, yet divine testing and sudden reversals can occur to reveal deeper truth and steadfastness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is set within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Himalayan frame; it does not explicitly name a tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction is given; tapas (austerity) is referenced as a spiritual practice.