Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा पार्वती हृष्टा जगाम भवनं स्वकम् । सखीभिः सहिता देवी गणैरपि समन्विता

Transliteration

ityuktvā pārvatī hṛṣṭā jagāma bhavanaṃ svakam | sakhībhiḥ sahitā devī gaṇairapi samanvitā

Translation

Nachdem sie so gesprochen hatte, begab sich Pārvatī, voll Freude, in ihre eigene Wohnstatt; die Göttin war von ihren Gefährtinnen begleitet und zudem von den Gaṇas umgeben.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having said’

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; feminine nominative singular

• हृष्टा: delighted
• हृष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु) → हृष्ट (कृदन्त) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); feminine nominative singular; ‘delighted’

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect, 3rd person singular

• भवनम्: house/dwelling
• भवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; neuter accusative singular

• स्वकम्: her own
• स्वकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; neuter accusative singular; ‘own’

• सखीभिः: with (her) friends
• सखीभिः: Sahakaraka (Instrument/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; feminine instrumental plural

• सहिता: accompanied
• सहिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+हि (धातु) → सहित (कृदन्त) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); feminine nominative singular; ‘accompanied’

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; feminine nominative singular

• गणैः: with attendants/gaṇas
• गणैः: Sahakaraka (Instrument/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; masculine instrumental plural

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (also/even)

• समन्विता: attended (by)
• समन्विता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+अनु+इ (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); feminine nominative singular; ‘endowed/attended by’

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, smiling, departs with her companions; gaṇas follow in a festive yet orderly procession toward her celestial abode.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Devī
• sakhīs
• gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine instruction is given and then the narrative seals it with the deity’s satisfied departure—affirming the authority of the māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bilva-tree locus remains the sanctified center of the episode, validated by Devī’s declaration and narrative closure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it concludes the teaching segment and transitions the story.