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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

महेश्वरी सा गिरिजा महेश्वरी विशुद्धरूपा जनमोक्षदात्री । हरं च दृष्ट्वाथ पलाशमाश्रितं स्वलीलया बिल्ववपुश्चकार सा

Transliteration

maheśvarī sā girijā maheśvarī viśuddharūpā janamokṣadātrī | haraṃ ca dṛṣṭvātha palāśamāśritaṃ svalīlayā bilvavapuścakāra sā

Translation

Sie—Girijā, die große Maheśvarī—von völlig reiner Gestalt, die den Menschen Befreiung schenkt: Als sie Hara sah, der beim Palāśa-Baum ruhte, nahm sie aus ihrem eigenen göttlichen Līlā-Spiel die Gestalt des Bilva-Baumes an.

Word by Word
महेश्वरीMaheśvarī (consort/power of Maheśvara)
महेश्वरी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर + ई (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
गिरिजाGirijā (daughter of the mountain)
गिरिजा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि + जा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
महेश्वरीMaheśvarī
महेश्वरी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर + ई (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)
विशुद्धरूपाof perfectly pure form
विशुद्धरूपा:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविशुद्ध + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
जनमोक्षदात्रीgiver of liberation to people
जनमोक्षदात्री:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजन + मोक्ष + दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दातृ-शब्द (agent noun)
हरम्Hara (Śiva)
हरम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriyā (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरबोधक-अव्यय (sequence marker/adverb)
पलाशम्a palāśa tree
पलाशम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपलाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
आश्रितम्resorted to; taken refuge in
आश्रितम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पलाशम्)
स्वलीलयाby her own play; by her sport
स्वलीलया:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व + लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
बिल्ववपुःa bilva-form; bilva body
बिल्ववपुः:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबिल्व + वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
चकारmade; assumed
चकार:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Narrator within Brahma–Nārada dialogue (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context); Bilva as sacred upāya within the kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Girijā, radiant and serene, beholds Śiva (Hara) resting near a blossoming Palāśa; by divine play she transforms into a Bilva tree, its trifoliate leaves gleaming as a sign of Śiva-arcana and liberation.

Characters & Entities
M
Maheśvarī
G
Girijā
H
Hara (Śiva)
P
Palāśa
B
Bilva

FAQs

Liberation-oriented devotion is grounded in līlā: the divine can sanctify the world by taking accessible forms for worship.

This Bilva-origin account is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya (Nāgarakhaṇḍa).

Not a direct injunction, but it establishes why Bilva is supremely fit for worship connected with Śiva and Devī.

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